The World of Courtesans c10.114

c10.114

The Vita now meets the crowds of Pataliputra. They are on the road. Out of courtesy they make way for him; nobody tries to detain him any longer than for the minimum time needed to exchange courtesies. He sees the lane leading to the *vesha*. The Vita suddenly remembers his own exploits in days gone by. Here he had fought with others and forcibly taken away a courtesan; here he had bolted away out of fear.