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Your arrow strikes home with deadly accuracy, penetrating the rider's armour at the base of his skull. You see him throw both arms into the air, topple from the saddle and land with a crash of buckled metal in the middle of the bridge. There is no doubt in your mind that your enemy is dead; if the arrow did not kill him then such a fall in heavy armour most surely did.

If you wish to search the body, turn to 139.

If you wish to mount your horse and pursue the kidnappers, turn to 39.

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