Note 4 — Chapter LXXVII · (Vetála 3.)
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
In the meanwhile the thief, who was hidden there, saw all, and said to himself, “What is this that this wicked woman has done? Alas! the mind of females is terrible and black like a dark well, unfathomable, exceedingly deep for a fall.4 So I wonder what she will do now.” After these reflections, the thief again followed her at a distance, out of curiosity.