As her eye wandered out on the plain she saw that the stars no longer had fire in them; the black water of the reservoir paled and grew gray, and the wild fowl were waking in the reeds.
Sitabhai elnézett a síkság fölött. A csillagok egyre halványodtak, a medence fekete vize is szürkült már, a nádasban ébredeztek a madarak.