Phew! An action-packed chapter if ever there was one! Forget the spelling, punctuation and grammar - we have people being sliced in half! What more could any eight or nine year old want from a story?!

As with the previous pages, I've amended the original punctuation as little as possible but, hopefully, just enough to make it easier to read. I've also attempted to correct the various misuses of thees, thous and thys but I don't claim to be a scholar of archaic English so I offer no guarantee that they are now correct, even as amended!

I must admit I'm quite impressed that I threw Joan into the battle, even if she was armed only with an umbrella! I was obviously a keen advocate of the equality of the sexes even in primary school!

Please do feel free to leave any comments in the Prince Sashtan forum. But be gentle - I was only young!