The reference to the husband is probably a blind. The use of the word “goodman” is due to the wish of the English translators to give a colloquial …

The goodman.— Literally, the man; she does not even call him “my husband.”

At the day appointed. …

For the good man [is] not at home
Or, "for the man is not in his house" ^F25 . She does not say, "my man",…

Here is a moving example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will anyone dare to venture in…