V Of the art of enticement
If a girl begins to show her love by outward signs and
motions, the lover should try to gain her over entirely by various ways and
means, such as the following: When engaged with her in any game or sport, he
should intentionally hold her hand. He
should practice upon her the various kinds of embraces, such as the touching
embrace, and others already described in a preceding chapter.
He should show her a pair of human beings cut out of the leaf of a tree,
and such like things, at intervals. When
engaged in water sports, he should dive at a distance from her, and come up
close to her. He should show an increased liking for the new foliage of
trees and such like things. He
should describe to her the pangs he suffers on her account. He should relate to her the beautiful dream that he has had
with reference to other women. At
parties and assemblies of his caste he should sit near her, and touch her under
some pretence or other, and having placed his foot upon hers, he should slowly
touch each of her toes, and press the ends of the nails; if successful in this,
he should get hold of her foot with his hand and repeat the same thing. He
should also press a ginger of her hand between his toes, when she happens to be
washing his feet; and whenever he gives anything to her or takes anything from
her, he should show her by his manner and look how much he loves her.
He should sprinkle upon her the water brought for
rinsing his mouth; and when alone with her in a lonely place, or in darkness, he
should make love to her, and tell her the true state of his mind without
distressing her in any way.