XI
 

(74-75)

(75)

(75-76)

(76-77)
 

(77)
 

Bismillah tells Umrao that it was because the Maulvi had
been nasty to her pet monkey.

Interludes Rusva rema.krB on the appropriatener.   '
punishment, and says the Maulvi deserved what h-

On another occasion, Bismillah was singing and jc'^ing to
the Maulvi's delight, when a young man turns up« Birimi.'I'i'
pitches into him: he and the Maulvi glare at each .''''-
The young man leaves, but the Maulvi keeps coming,

Interlud©: ■ --Rusva coro,ments on the loyalty shown by
lovers in the old days.

Another day, while Umi*ao ie with Bismillah and the Maulvi^
Gauhar Mirxa comes in and makes fun of the Maulvi by
pretending to be intimate with Bismillah*  Umrao takes
pity on him, and shows him GauMr Mirsa is really her map^
to Bismillah*s annoyance and the Maulvi*s relief*

Interlude: Rusva objects that the Maulvi could not hav^
been that pure a lover if he got so jealous: Umrao
sticks up for him.
 

(77-79)
 

(79)
(79-80)
 

Description of Khurshid, the most beautiful girl in the
establiehment but completely lacking in the hardriess
necessary to be a successful courtesan, and hopeless at
singing and dancing.  Her craving for love:  she fHlls fc-r
Piyare Sahib, her admirer, who soon stops pa,ying for her v>fbe^'
he realises her infatuation.  His father is ruined, but ae
refuses to marry her«
 

Khurshid*s credulous belief in fakirs and yogis^
her and take her money*
 

:ric'<
 

Her even temper, only broken v/hen Piyare Sahib comes in hi&
wedding-suit, which she rips off him (cf, pp*4l-2)«  Thef
she gets ill, and even after recovery, she takes no intereoi
in men, to Khanum*s despair»
 

(80-81)
 

(81-82)
 

One evening during the rainy season, Khurshid, Bisffii].,lah,
Amir Jan and Umrao prepare to go to the Aish Bagh fair*
Khanum is luckily indisposed.  Descriptions of Khurshid and
Bismillah*

Description of the fair*  Umrao*a fondness for watching
people at public gatherings: a few vignettes of different
kinds of people at the fair*