Kino and Hermes meet a young man on their travels. He planned to move to the country that lay up ahead, but according to him, murder isn't prohibited by law there, and a vicious criminal has escaped to that land.
A traveler I met long ago said
قال مُسافرٌ التقيتُه قبل وقتٍ طويل
Ein Reisender, den ich
vor langer Zeit traf, sagte, …
Un viajero que conocí
Un viajero que conocí
Un voyageur m’a dit
qu’il faisait comme ça.
Un viaggiatore che ho incontrato
tempo fa diceva sempre
Um viajante que encontrei no passado disse
Когда-то давно я встретила 
одного путешественника,