Enter Messenger.
Messenger. I beg to announce myself. From the G.H.Q. Southern Army.
Chief Engineer. Good.
Messenger. In accordance with our instructions, we crossed the frontier of the Yellows—
Chief Engineer. What then?
Messenger. The Yellows captured me and took me to their Commander-in-Chief—
Chief Engineer. And—?
Messenger. Here is his letter—
Chief Engineer. Show it me. ‘The Government of the Yellow Ants calls upon the Ant Realm within three months to withdraw their Army lying between the Birch Tree and the Pine Tree between the two blades of grass.’
2nd Engineer. Listen to him.