Commentary for Ketubot 54:9

רב אשי אמר הא והא בשפחה דידה ושפחה מיחזא חזיא ושתקה התם דשתיקתה מתירתה לא מהימנא הכא דשתיקתה אוסרתה מהימנא

Ashi said: In both cases [it speaks of] her handmaid. A handmaid sees and is silent. There, where her silence makes her permitted, she is not believed, but here, where her silence makes her forbidden she is believed.

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