The World of Courtesans c11.92

c11.92

Kalavati replied, "Kanka, listen to my troubles. My mother Karbhagrīva, the keeper of my house and my wealth, was murdered by a wretched physician who administered mercury to her. She gulped it all. But even in her last delirious moments she dreamt of gold everywhere and kept asking me to pick it up. After her death powerful yet penniless lovers haunt my house and refuse to leave it. I am unable to cope with this state of affairs. I intend to go away."