There were only a few women among the pilgrims who were ridind to Canterbury. One of them was the the Wife of Bath. She was a large woman with a red face. She wore a big hat, and she rode on a very fat horse. She was rich, and she had travelled far and wide in the world. She had had five husbands, but they had all died. She liked to talk and be happy. Her tale was about the time of king Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.