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As your hand closes around the hilt of the sword, somewhere in the mist above your head the voice of the skull speaks a chilling rhyme:

> Hand to take;
> Spell to break;
> Stir a terror
> In your wake.

If you still wish to pick up the sword, turn to 96.

If you decide not to take the sword and wish to leave the vault by the left tunnel, turn to 298.

If you prefer to leave by the right tunnel, turn to 322.

Text copyright © 1986 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1986 Gary Chalk.