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144 1. Showing a disregard for him on all occasions.

2. Censuring men possessed of the same faults as her lover.

3. Expressing dissatisfaction at the ways and means of enjoyment used by him.

4. Not giving him her mouth to kiss.

5. Refusing access to her jaghana, i.e., the part of the body between the navel and the thighs.

6. Showing a dislike for the wounds made by his nails and teeth.

7. Not pressing close up against him at the time when he embraces her.

8. Keeping her limbs without movement at the time of congress.

9. Desiring him to enjoy her when he is fatigued.

10. Laughing at his attachment to her.

11. Not responding to his embraces.

12. Turning away from him when he begins to embrace her.

13. Pretending to be sleepy.

14. Going out visiting, or into company, when she perceives his desire to enjoy her during the day time.

15. Misconstruing his words.

16. Laughing without any joke, or at the time of any joke made by him laughing under some other pretence.

17. Looking with side glances at her own attendants, and clapping her hands when he says anything.

18. Interrupting him in the middle of his stories, and beginning to tell other stories herself.

19. Reciting his faults and his vices, and declaring them to be incurable.

20. Saying words to her female attendants calculated to cut the heart of her lover to the quick.

21. Taking care not to look at him when he comes to her.

22. Asking from him what cannot be granted.

23. And, after all, finally dismissing him.

There are also two verses on this subject as follows:

"The duty of a courtezan consists in forming connections with suitable men after due and full consideration, and attaching the person with whom she is united to herself; in obtaining wealth from the person who is attached to her, and