The World of Courtesans c10.226

c10.226

Then follows a poetic description of the moonlight building a bridge across the waters. There is the impression of pillars in plantain groves; it seems to bleach further the white coloured mansions. It drips like wine from the tendrils. The moonbeams on the water seem like the waves of the milky ocean. Young people are mounting their horses, elephants, bullock-carts and palanquins. They sit embracing their mistresses and proceed on to the main road. The Vita sees a drunken youth riding a horse. A courtesan, riding behind him presses her breasts to his body; he turns his head and kisses her. The horse knows his way and is least disturbed by the movement of the riders.