想多久就有多久"The rain was still falling steadily, for it was just the
beginning of the wet season. Brown, heavy clouds were
drifting across the sky, and it was hard to see more than a
stone-cast. A deep moat lay in front of our door, but the
water was in places nearly dried up, and it could easily be
crossed. It was strange to me to be standing there with
those two wild Punjaubees waiting for the man who was coming
to his death.
"Suddenly my eye caught the glint of a shaded lantern at the
other side of the moat. It vanished among the mound-heaps,
and then appeared again coming slowly in our direction.
"'Here they are!' I exclaimed.，