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I am nearing the end of the first chapter of Kaori Ekuni's _Twinkle Twinkle_.
However, I failed to parse the following sentence in bold (the rest of the
passage is provided below for context):

> 気にいった？
> もちろん、とこたえた瞬間に、私はとんでもないことを思い出した。クリスマスだというのに、私は睦月に何も買っていないのだ。プレゼントのことなんて、考えてもみなかった。
>
> 「さて、何食べにいく？」
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> 「あのね、睦月」
>
> 私、あなたに天体望遠鏡を買ったんだけど、年末でしょ、配達に日数がいるみたいで。——あんまりすらすらと嘘がでてくるので、私は自分でおどろいてしまう。
>
> 「すごい！」
>
> 睦月は目をかがやかせた。 **私の夫は、物事をかけらもうたがわないたちなのだ。**
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> （江國香織『きらきらひかる』）

My understanding so far is as follows: the narrator feels guilty for always
receiving presents from her husband. So she lies to him about gifting him a
telescope at the end of the year.

From the response of her husband, and my understanding of the words `物事`
(things) and `疑う` (to doubt), the sentence in bold seems to be a comment on
her husband's simple-mindedness or lack of suspicion. I cannot however
understand how `かけら` and `たち` contribute to the sentence (assuming I parsed it
correctly) – am I missing something important here? How should I interpret
this sentence properly?
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translation words reading-comprehension sentence
Understanding 物事をかけらもうたがわないたちなのだ
> 私の夫は、物事をかけらもうたがわないたちなのだ。

The たち (質) means "one's nature" "disposition".

かけら (欠片) originally means "fragment" "piece", and かけらも～～ない means "not ... even
a bit" "not ... at all".

So you're right that the line is a comment on her husband's lack of suspicion.
It means "My husband is a kind of person who doesn't doubt things even a
little."
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