The World of Courtesans c10.215

c10.215

The Vita moves on. Then follows a picturesque description of an evening in the *vesha*. The Vita observes: "Look, the sun is about to set. The closing lotuses are looking up anxiously at the sun and bidding him farewell. The evening darkness reaches up to the top of the houses and expels the light. The sun touches with his rays the branches in the garden and hides among them. The pigeons sit on the house-tops and watch the sun trying to absorb his red light into their eyes."