### 320

The two guards are completely unprepared for your attack. They have only just drawn their swords when your men reach them and knock them both to the ground.

‘Shall we dispatch them immediately, my lord?’ asks a ranger, his sword tip at the throat of a nervous guard.

‘No,’ you reply. ‘Tie them. They may be of some use to us yet.’

If you wish to search them, turn to 268.

If you wish to question them, turn to 76.