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‘Bah!’ exclaims a guard contemptuously. ‘We have no time for witless wanderers. Go back to Casiorn if you have no business here.’ He spits at the ground and the guards turn towards the open town gate.

If you wish to offer them gold to let you enter, turn to 9.

If you wish to ride past them and through the open gate, turn to 261.

If you decide to turn away and attempt to enter the town by the north gate, turn to 137.