The World of Courtesans c8.202

c8.202

The courtesan was also a bit of a psychologist for she had to keep track of her lover's state of mind and become acquainted with his disposition and fleeting moods. His indifferent attitude was expressed through his insistence on paying her only the contracted amount, or through his inciting others against her, or through the lame excuses that he gave when he withheld her daily allowances, or by forgetting his promises to her or by sleeping in her presence elsewhere, or by talking in private to the servants of his former mistress.