### 112

You prise open the trapdoor and discover a secret compartment, built for the smuggling of contraband. The compartment is empty but it is of no use—it is too small a space in which to hide. You glance at the doorway and see the creature rushing towards the hold. You cannot hope to hide from it now. Your Sixth Sense tells you that it wants the Moonstone and that it will stop at nothing to take it from you.

If you wish to stand and fight the creature, turn to 270.

If you choose to try to evade it by climbing the ladder to the foredeck hatch, turn to 242.