The World of Courtesans c11.110

c11.110

The foreign *goondas* folding up the garments on their abdomens started to quarrel among themselves. A bawd had already received advance fees from two clients and made herself scarce when a third one approached her. Some courtesans bemoaned their fate. Their regular customers had not yet come and they had to refuse new clients. Some others flattered the lovers who had been fleeced earlier but had now become affluent again. They slandered their bawds and held them responsible for what had happened. Some other bawds were engaged in an uproarious quarrel with clients. Strumpets (*kshudra*) finding their own houses occupied by drunken clients were now on their way to the houses of their friends in the company of their lovers. Some under the pretext of calling out to the kittens were trying hard to attract their clients by their coquetry.