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Banedon holds a gleaming ring of silver beneath the merchant's nose and says, 'This is yours, my friend, if you tell us were Tipasa can be found.'

The merchant snatches the ring from the wizard's hand and stammers, 'The first alley on the left past the stables. He lives at 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 alley, you hear the merchant's shriek of dismay above the noise of the crowd; the ring has just dissolved on his finger. At the end of the alley you find the house with the blue door.

Turn to 206.

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