The World of Courtesans c8.261

c8.261

The go-between acquainted the heroine with the various ways of meeting the lover She told her how he suffered when he could not meet her She also gave her an idealized picture of his noble birth and his great wealth. She arranged the first meeting of the lovers on a festival day, or at night, or in a park, or in the house of a relative, or a step-mother, or at a dinner party, or in a vacant house.