The World of Courtesans c11.126

c11.126

After describing all these classes of love, the bawd passed on a few hints to Kalavati She told her how to extort money from clients. Naturally, she was advised to cultivate the friendship of rich men. She was to seek the company of an only son or a fatherless youth; she must concentrate on a king's clerk, a merchant, a fellow flouting his vigour, the son of a famous doctor, a man who liked dissolute company, a simpleton, an astrologer, or a rich man proud of his learning.