Ardhakathanak 295

295

andhakāra rajanī samai, hima ritu agahana māsa.
nāri eka baiṭhana kahyau, puruṣa uṭhyau lai bāṃsa. //

It was night and dark, in the cold season of the month of Agrahāyaṇa.
One woman offered him a seat, but her husband rose up with a bamboo staff.