“Because only the just can stay within its bounds through the night.”

Moreen stared affrightedly.

“Do you mean that they die in the night, Ramsa Lal?”

“In the night, Mem Sahib, before the dawn.”

“By what means?”

Ramsa Lal spread his palms eloquently.

“Who knows?” he replied. “It is a haunted place.”

“And are you afraid?”

“I am not afraid, for I have passed a night in the Valley of the Just many years ago, and I live.”

“You were alone?”