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The merchant's face beams with joy as he pockets your gold. Deduct this from your Action Chart.

'The first alley on the left past the stables,' he says. 'He lives in the house with the blue door.'

You hurry across the crowded marketplace towards the stables and enter the street beyond. As you turn into the rubbish-strewn alley, you see the blue door facing you at the end of the passage.

Turn to 206.

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