Corrected entry: It is raining for part of the time while the prisoners are building the wall using mortar. Surely the mortar would become so diltuted in the rain that it wouldn't set?
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Correction: Cement and mortar will still mix even in the rain, and cement will even harden when at a near soupy liquid consistency. However, it won't be as strong as it normally would have been with less water in it.