The World of Courtesans c11.77

c11.77

But even after getting rid of him she is expected to win back his favour if he managed to regain his lost fortune. In order to win his favour she was to remind him of the days he passed with her in the garden, the watersport she enjoyed with him She must relate to him how she was forcibly separated from him. The procedure must follow the ordained rule. And it must be with a view to extorting more money from him and then throwing him out again. In this context Vikaṟāla relates to her the story of Mañjarī—a story which throws interesting light on several aspects of a courtesan's life.