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112 should try to get over her by means of a go-between; and if, after having disappeared for some time she again appears, and behaves with him as usual, the man should then consider that she would not object to be united with him.

When a woman gives a man an opportunity, and makes her own love manifest to him, he should proceed to enjoy her. And the signs of a woman manifesting her love are these :


 * 1) She calls out to a man without being addressed by him in the first instance.
 * 2) She shows herself to him in secret places.
 * 3) She speaks to him tremblingly and inarticulately.
 * 4) She has the fingers of her hand, and the toes of her feet moistened with perspiration, and her face blooming with delight.
 * 5) She occupies herself with shampooing his body and pressing his head.
 * 6) When shampooing him she works with one hand only, and with the other she touches and embraces parts of his body.
 * 7) She remains with both hands placed on his body motionless as if she had been surprised by something, or was overcome by fatigue.
 * 8) She sometimes bends down her face upon his thighs, and when asked to shampoo them does not manifest any unwillingness to do so.
 * 9) She places one of her hands quite motionless on his body, and even though the man should press it between two members of his body, she does not remove it for a long time.
 * 10) Lastly, when she has resisted all the efforts of the man to gain her over, she returns to him the next day to shampoo his body as before.

When a woman neither gives encouragement to a man, nor avoids him, but hides herself and remains in some lonely place, she must be got at by means of the female servant who may be near her. If when called by the man she acts in the same way, then she should be gained over by means of a skillful go-between. But if she will have nothing to say to the man, he should consider well about her before he begins any further attempts to gain her over.

Thus ends the examination of the state of a woman's mind.

A man should first get himself introduced to a woman, and then carry on a conversation with her. He should give