it was a very dark night , and there was neither moon nor star to light watanabe on his way . to make the darkness worse a storm came on , the rain fell heavily and the wind howled like wolves in the mountains . any ordinary man would have trembled at the thought of going out of doors , but watanabe was a brave warrior and dauntless , and his honor and word were at stake , so he sped on into the night , while his companions listened to the sound of his horse 's hoofs dying away in the distance , then shut the sliding shutters close and gathered round the charcoal fire and wondered what would happen - and whether their comrade would encounter one of those horrible oni .
shut the sliding shutters close and gathered round the charcoal fire and wondered what would happen .
what did the other men do once watanabe left ?
what did the other men do once watanabe left ?