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The brick slides in and the secret door slides open. Before you stands an ugly, bearded dwarf, wearing a grimy black velvet jerkin. His pig-eyes twinkle malevolently as he raises a hollow brass tube and points it at your face.

'Sweet dreams,' he cackles, and a blast of icy-cold vapour shoots from the tip, catching you squarely in the face. You reel back, coughing and choking as the bitter vapour fills your lungs. By the time you realize that you have inhaled a powerful sleep gas, your body is already succumbing to its irresistible power.

Turn to 165.

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