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You soon enter a chamber divided by a deep mine shaft. Spanning the shaft is a wooden bridge at the entrance of which a swarthy warrior stands guard. He has been alerted by the screams of your pursuers, and as soon as he sees you, he runs towards a rope that hangs from the ceiling, leaving the bridge unguarded. Your pursuers are nearly upon you.

If you wish to sprint across the bridge, turn to 271.

If you wish to attack the guard to prevent him from reaching the rope, turn to 56.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.