- Fiammetta: But is there no way to keep you with me?
- Giovanni Boccaccio: Do you see this ring? When you wear this, and you bear me a child - then, and only then - will I become your husband in every sense of the contract.
- Fiammetta: But how can I wear your ring if you won't give it to me? And how can I give you a child if you - don't stay with me?
- Giovanni Boccaccio: You look like a resourceful woman.