The letter-carrier was partly amused and partly he sympathized with his earnestness. Although Majnun, walking with his camel, was company for him on his long journey, still, out of pity, he said, "Now you have walked ten miles giving me your message, how long will it take me to deliver it to Leila? Now go your way, I will see to it." Then Majnun turned back, but he had not gone a hundred yards before he returned to say, "O kind friend, I have forgotten to tell you a few things that you might tell my Leila." When he continued his message it carried him another ten miles on the way. The carrier said, "For mercy's sake, go back. You have walked a long way. How shall I be able to remember all the message you have given me? Still, I will do my best. Now go back, you are far from home." Majnun again went back a few yards and again remembered something to tell the message bearer and went after him. In this way the whole journey was accomplished, and he himself arrived at the place to which he was sending the message.