[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 203.5.3 # Storia do Mogor 203.5.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 203.5.3 - **Language:** English ### [203.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.3) The mode in which one bids adieu to these ladies is not such as one might imagine, for you never see them at all. Here is what happens at these meetings : First you go to the door of the mahal, and there speak to the eunuchs, stating the purpose for which you have come. You say you wish your presence announced to the person from whom you are to take leave. The eunuchs carry the message and bring the reply, for, as I said, none of the ladies appear, except when they go out, when they sit in their covered seat, whence they see everything by a little window made of a netting of thread of gold. In a word, no man ever approaches these ladies except their husbands and the doctors who feel their pulses. Nobles dismount, and from afar off make their bow ; to those whom they think more highly of the ladies send word to draw near, and themselves move on for some steps at a gentle pace. Then, when they wish to proceed, they send from their seat some betel-leaf by the hand of a eunuch, as if to send their compliments and a farewell. On receiving this, the noble makes another bow and goes on his way. This is an honour that I myself have received on various occasions. - [Previous: 203.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.2) - [Next: 203.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.4) - [Up: 203.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.3) · Pramāṇa