Harlan: Moreto's “El desden” 
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son vivas como centellas, que en ver que penan por ellas, luego 
toman presuncion”: and meditating on the trouble women 
make for men who are in love with them, he evinces some 
knowledge of feminine wiles, but he offers no remedy with 
which to overcome them, whereas Polilla, by his very name, 
seems to have “wormed” his way into the feminine heart and 
knows exactly where it is vulnerable. 
It may be pointed out that Serafina, previously refusing 
Floristan, suddenly changes her mind when she thinks he is 
married to another. 
