Ghita is Tofano’s wife in Lauretta’s seventh tale (VII, 4) and one of the day’s devious wives. Her husband’s unreasonable jealousy inspires her to take a lover, and she takes advantage of his excessive drinking to leave the house when she wants. When he catches her, she manipulates him and convinces the neighborhood of her innocence, thereby earning the ability to have lovers as she pleases, if she protects her husband’s honor by keeping his cuckolding a secret.