The World of Courtesans c10.186

c10.186

"Let me talk to him. Well Bhattīmaghavarman! After enjoying yourself for a long time here, why are you making your friends anxious by leaving the *vesha*? Even a glimpse of you is welcome The fellow laughs, his scarf flutters on his right shoulder. With breathless words and folded hands he welcomes me. He tells me that his mistress Pushpadasi has her monthly cycle. He cannot make love to her. But these loafers from Lata (Gujarat) are no better than demons. The man from Lata disrobes himself, bathes and squeezes his own wet clothes in public. He wrings his long hair, goes to bed with unwashed feet, eats what he likes and is not ashamed of wearing tattered clothes."