>TM 4
>LS 2
>PS ON
>PL60
>SM6
>CP ON
>FO OFF
>------L-----------------------!---------------------------R
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	Your worthy attempt to disengage the lock proves 
Š	unsuccessful and so you decide on a different course 
Š	of action. You and Karvas agree that you will try to 
Š	attack and overpower the gaolers at the first 
Š	opportunity. Patiently you bide your time until, an 
Š	hour later, you hear footsteps in the corridor 
Š	outside. They are followed by the sound of the 
Š	tumbler lock spinning. Then the door creaks open and 
Š	in strides the Knight Bachelor, accompanied by an 
Š	escort of six armed guards. The knight is holding a 
Š	short-bladed sword in one hand, and a wooden bowl 
Š	filled with vile-smelling gruel in the other. He 
Š	offers to bowl to Prince Karvas at arm's length.
	
	"Welcome to your royal apartment," he says, in a 
Š	sneering tone. "I've had the cook prepare you some 
Š	food after your long journey home, Prince Karvas. I 
Š	do hope it meets with your approval. It's a meal fit 
Š	for a king who will never be."
	
	Karvas is angered by the knight's insolence and he 
Š	slaps the bowl of gruel out of his hand. The arrogant 
Š	knight laughs, but before he can step away and leave 
Š	the cell, you spring forward like a pouncing tiger 
Š	and attempt to grab the sword from his hand. 
	"Slay him!" screeches the knight, as he struggles to 
Š	free himself from your grasp. Instantly the guards 
Š	rush at you with their weapons raised in eager 
Š	readiness to carry out his order.
	
	                  Knight Bachelor 
	                        & 
	                Citadel Gaolers (6)
	         COMBAT SKILL  43    ENDURANCE  38
	
	Prince Karvas is unarmed and unable to assist you 
Š	during this combat. 
	
	
	If you win this fight, turn to   â324â