"No, we are no friends of his!" said Nagato; "but what difference does that make to you, so long as I agree to carry the message in your place?"
"That's true! After all, it's all one to me; the more so as the bearer of ill tidings is apt to be ill received."
"Where is Hieyas' camp?"
"Half-an-hour's journey from here."
"In which direction?"
"To the left, on the borders of the plain; he is quartered in a wood."
"Hieyas is there in person?"
"He is."
"Is there a password to enter the camp?"
"There is!" said the messenger, reluctantly.