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Last night I prepared everything for today's departure and I was writing past midnight to take care of the most urgent correspondence. But all along the rain was drumming onto the tin roof without interruption and when I woke up the weather was looking dismal. At the same time it is painfully cold. The path to Longkhai no doubt is completely soggy and would be a pain to travel for the coolies. It also is no delight to be sitting in a palm hut in such weather. Therefore I was already wrestling with the decision of postponing the departure until tomorrow when the Wakching coolies alleviated me of all doubt by their non-appearance. Yongang, who is to go with me, finally arrived very late and he was quite content not to start until tomorrow. |
