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‘We’re both students of Chiban the Magician,’ says Banedon, hurriedly trying to defuse the situation. ‘He lives at the Guild-house on Leech Street in the North District. He will vouch for us.’

‘Hold your tongue!’ snaps the commander at your startled companion. ‘I want your friend to tell me something about this city, the city that he is prepared to lay down his life for.’ He moves nearer and stares at you icily. ‘In which district of Tahou is the Cauldron to be found?’

You know that the city is divided into four districts each named after a point of the compass, but you cannot recall in which district the Cauldron lies.

If you choose to answer, ‘The North District’, turn to 26.

If you choose to answer, ‘The South District’, turn to 65.

If you decide to answer, ‘The West District’, turn to 255.

If you wish to answer, ‘The East District’, turn to 178.

If you decide to give no answer at all, turn to 333.