Ferrara

Ferrara appears as the destination of Salabaetto’s departure from commercial life. After countering Biancofiore’s fraud in Palermo, he settles his accounts, spends several days celebrating with Canigiano, and resolves to give up being a merchant; he then goes to Ferrara.

Salabaetto’s Arrival

The narrative names Ferrara only at the close of Salabaetto’s episode. The move follows a reversal in Palermo: having recovered from Biancofiore the money she had taken and lent him, Salabaetto leaves the city and turns away from the occupation that had brought him into her reach.

Narrative Significance

Ferrara functions as the endpoint of this change in direction, not as a setting described in its own right. Salabaetto’s departure closes the contest of deception with a final choice: after using commercial dealings to recover his losses, he abandons the merchant’s life and goes elsewhere.