"I am ready to listen."
"Did you receive the messenger I sent you three days ago?"
"Yes."
"What did he tell you?"
"That you intended to kill me and my people."
"Did he not tell you that we did not want war, but peace, but that you must give up the captives you had?"
"No."
"Send out for that warrior," John ordered, as he glanced at Oroto.
Muro accompanied one of the sub-chiefs, and in a few moments returned with him. He came in with face hanging down.
He was placed before John. "Why did you lie to the chief?"