"i understand nothing," answered the nose. "i repeat,
explain yourself more distinctly".
"honourable sir," said kovaloff with dignity, "i do not know
how i am to understand your words. it seems to me the
matter is as clear as possible. or do you wish - but you
are after all my own nose! "
the nose looked at the major and wrinkled its forehead.
"there you are wrong, respected sir; i am myself. besides,
there

is this a story or an extract of a story?cause if it is a story can u tell me what is the name?

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.