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+>TM 4\r
+>LS 2\r
+>PS ON\r
+>PL66\r
+>SM6\r
+>CP ON\r
+>FO OFF\r
+>------L-----------------------!---------------------------R\r
+ \ 5â227\ 5â \r
+\r
+ Early next morning, before dawn, you meet with Karvas \r\8a and Sainus and go to collect your horses from the \r\8a stable. As you mount them, the old man bids you good \r\8a luck and he gives the prince a pouch containing 50 \r\8a Orla, a sum that could prove useful during the ride \r\8a to Seroa. \r
+ \r
+ Dawn breaks as you leave Sainus's house, and you hear \r\8a a bell which signifies that the night curfew has now \r\8a come to an end. You ride along the streets of the \r\8a north quarter and enter a broad avenue that leads \r\8a directly to the east gatehouse. The guards posted \r\8a here are opening the great east gate as you approach, \r\8a and you gallop through the widening gap. \r
+\r
+ The sun shines brightly all day and you make good \r\8a progress along the King's Highway. By nightfall you \r\8a have covered more than eighty miles and have reached \r\8a a small village called Landsdorf. You decide to stop \r\8a and rest at the village's solitary tavern - the \r\8a Golden Plough Inn - and as you ride into its \r\8a courtyard a young stable boy runs to greet you and \r\8a take care of your horses. Two rooms here cost 10 \r\8a Orla, a sum which Prince Karvas pays in full using \r\8a part of the money given to him by Sainus. The jovial \r\8a tavern-keeper hands you each a key and he offers you \r\8a a tankard of his best ale, on the house.\r
+\r
+ You accept his generous offer and enter the taproom \r\8a of this hospitable tavern. As your frothing beer is \r\8a being drawn from the cask, you overhear a \r\8a conversation at a nearby table. Three farmers are \r\8a discussing the crowning ceremony and one of them says \r\8a that it is to take place at noon. This news unsettles \r\8a Karvas, for traditionally the ceremony of ascendence \r\8a begins at dusk, as soon as the sun disappears below \r\8a the horizon. If what the farmer says is true, you now \r\8a have only one and a half days left in which to reach \r\8a Seroa in time for the crowning. You resolve to get as \r\8a much sleep as you can this night, and then ride for \r\8a Seroa at dawn. If you forego sleep tomorrow and \r\8a journey through the night, you can still arrive at \r\8a the capital before noon on Harvestmas Day. Karvas \r\8a prays that your horses are fit enough for the \r\8a gruelling ride, and you are both glad that you have \r\8a decided to rest them here tonight. They will need all \r\8a their strength come the morning. \r
+\r
+ As you sip your ale, your rumbling stomach reminds \r\8a you that you have not eaten for several hours.\r
+\r
+\r
+ If you wish to order and eat a meal in the taproom, \r\8a turn to \ 5â142\ 5â\r
+\r
+ If you decide to ignore your rumbling stomach and \r\8a retire to your room as soon as you have finished your \r\8a ale, turn to \ 5â41\ 5â
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