Carudatta 2.5

2.5

gaṇikā---ṇa hu ṇa gacchāmi. kintu sahasā abhisarido paccuaāradullabhadāe puṇo me dullabho bhave tti vilambemi. [na khalu na gacchāmi. kintu sahasābhisṛtaḥ pratyupakāradurlabhatayā punarme durlabho bhavediti vilambe.]
ceṭī---haṃ kiṃ etaṇṇimittaṃ tahi evva so alaṅkāro ṭhāvido. [haṃ, kimetannimittaṃ tatraiva so'laṅkāraḥ sthāpitaḥ.]
gaṇikā---īdisaṃ evva. [īdṛśameva.]
(tataḥ praviśatyapaṭīkṣepeṇa saṃvāhakaḥ.)
saṃvāhakaḥ---ayye! saraṇāgado mhi. [ārye! śaraṇāgato'smi.]
gaṇikā---alaṃ ayyassa sambhameṇa. [alamāryasya sambhrameṇa.]
ceṭī---haṃ ka dāṇiṃ eso. [haṃ ka idānīmeṣaḥ.]
gaṇikā---ummattie! kiṃ saraṇāado pucchīadi. [unmattike! kiṃ śaraṇāgataḥ pṛcchyate.]

Courtesan: It is not that I will not go. But if I go to meet him suddenly, he might become hard to reach for me again because a return of favour is difficult [for him]; therefore I delay.
Maidservant: Ah! Was that ornament deposited there for this reason?
Courtesan: Just so.
(Then enters, with a toss of the curtain, the Saṃvāhaka.)
Saṃvāhaka: Noble lady! I have come seeking refuge.
Courtesan: Enough of fear, noble sir.
Maidservant: Ah, who is this now?
Courtesan: Foolish girl! Is one who seeks refuge to be questioned?