second day.--Charudatta and Maitreya return home after midnight
from a concert, and go to sleep. Maitreya has in his hand the
gem-casket which Vasantasena has left behind. Sharvilaka enters.
He is in love with Madanika, a maid of Vasantasena's, and is
resolved to acquire by theft the means of buying her freedom. He
makes a hole in the wall of the house, enters, and steals the casket
of gems which Vasantasena had left. Charudatta wakes to find
casket and thief gone. His wife gives him her pearl necklace with
which to make restitution.