After a few seconds, the captain returned and said to Jake,"Sir, he is not in the camp and the other soldiers who I asked about his way about, say he was new here and they do not know him well. Maybe you should ask the captain in charge of assigning the new recruit, he would be the best person to tell you who the soldiers were."
"That I will do." Jake thought for a while. "But that notwithstanding, you would still need to tell me why the message was delayed according to what you were told."
Then the captain replied. "According to what the young soldier said, the spy claimed that he was under strict order which was given to him by Alonso."
"So did he tell you what this order was?" Commander Jake asked.
"That I did not ask and I doubt if the spy told him what the order was but you still
