so as to give her lover a present; pretending to sell some of her ornaments, furniture, or cooking utensils to a trader, who has been already tutored how to behave in the manner; having to buy cooking utensils of greater value than those of other people, so that they might be more easily distinguished, and not changed for others of an inferior description; remembering the former favors of her lover, and causing them always to be spoken of by her friends and followers; informing her lover of the great gains of other courtesans; describing before them, and in the presence of her lover, her own great gains, and making them out to be greater even than theirs, though such may not have been really the case; openly opposing her mother when she endeavors to persuade her to take up with men with whom she has been formerly acquainted, on account of the great gains to be got from them; lastly, pointing out to her lover the liberality of his rivals. Thus ends the ways and means of getting money.
A woman should always know the state of the mind, of the feelings, and of the disposition of her lover towards her, from the changes of his temper, his manner, and the color of his face.
The behavior of a waning lover is as follows: he gives the woman either less than is wanted, or something else than that which is asked for; he keeps her in hopes by promises; he pretends to do one thing, and does something else; he does not fulfill her desires; he forgets his promises, or does something else than that which he has promised; he speaks in private with the attendants of a woman with whom he was formerly acquainted.