The crowd hooted and cheered as ten scared men were led into the square, which now looked even larger with the slave platform removed. Weighed down with chains, the men stood still, looking around at the mob, while men and women at the windows waved and shouted to each other. Some women carried children, which they balanced on the sills of the windows so they could obtain a better view of the proceedings. Peddlers weaved through the crowds, selling carved wooden figures of elephants.
'Who are these men in chains?' Bradan already guessed the answer.
'These are the master builders,' Dhraji said. 'These are the men who created the triumphal arch that so tragically collapsed and killed the last raja. It is fitting that they should be punished.'
Knowing he could not help the condemned men, B
