Noon
`` Berlyng could not come if I sent for him , '' I replied soothingly . `` He is two miles away from here trenching the North Wall , and I have nobody to send . The messenger would have to run the gauntlet of the enemy 's earthworks . '' `` I 'll give the man a hundred pounds who does it , '' replied Noon , in his breathless whisper . `` Berlyng will come sharp enough if you say it 's from me . He hates me too much . '' He broke off with a laugh which made me feel sick .