Hemalekha continued,
- Mr. Inconstant was foredoomed and betook himself to the city of ten gates. There he lived with Madam Vorax, his sons and his mother, always seeking pleasure but only sharing misery day and night.
- My companion too was so affected by her son's plight that she again collapsed, and yet she continued to live in the same city. Madam Vorax with her two sons was being fed by Madam Ignorance - her husband's grandmother, and by Mr. Fool, her father-in-law. She got on well with her co-wife Madam Unsteady and was even intimate with her.
- I too continued to live there because of my love for my friend. Otherwise none of them could remain in the town without me who was their protectress, though I was moribund owing to my friend's moribundity.
- I was sometimes suppressed by Madam Ignorance, was made a fool by Mr. Fool, became inconstant on account of Mr. Inconstant, grew unsteady with Madam Unsteady, incurred the wrath of Flaming-mouth and the contempt of Master Mean. I reflected within myself all the moods of my friend, for she would have died if I had left her for even a minute. Because of my company, the common people always misjudged me for a strumpet, whereas discriminating men could see that I have always remained pure.
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