Vera.
Isn't it wonderfully still? You can hear every sound. Hark! there is some one riding on the road.
[They listen together for a moment. Then Rheinhardt looks at her and says abruptly:
Rheinhardt.
Good-night! [Exit Rheinhardt, up.
Vera.
Good-night!
[She waits listening to the horse hoofs, which are heard more and more distinctly; then comes the sound of a man dismounting on a stone floor. Vera turns to Punkah Boy, who is wide awake and listening, and makes a sign to him. He runs back l., and immediately returns, crying, "Kalŷona Sahib." Excited whispers of the name are heard, off; then Carlyon's voice speaking to the servants in Hindustani.
Enter Carlyon, from l. back round the house.
Carlyon.