History of Bengali Language and Literature c8.38

c8.38

"There came a maid whose name was Rādhā ; her henpecked lord, she led home like a tame ass ; another maiden came of the name of Rui whose bald head was redeemed only by a tuft of hair in the middle ; another whose name was Saru, her braided locks were eaten up by a cow, as she had gone to the cow-shed for lighting the fire ; another maid came of the name of Kui, in the hollows of whose cheeks some two maunds of broken rice could be stored ; another maid appeared called Āi whose cheeks were high, but the nose sunk deep between them, so that it could be scarcely seen ; yet another maid of the name of Suā, so tall that her head touched the top of the door as she came out."*