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‘Seems we have a pair of travelling clowns come to entertain us with fairy stories,’ sneers the sergeant, while his men laugh disdainfully at your explanation. He draws his curved cavalry sword and points the blade menacingly towards your chest; his men cease their sniggering. ‘You’re both under arrest on suspicion of spying. Drop your weapons—at once!’

If you wish to obey the sergeant’s order, turn to 24.

If you wish to resist arrest, turn to 85.