I let out a sigh of relief like the air being let out of a zepplin when I spotted her cheering with the rest of my men after the battle. Seeing as she was fitter than me, too, she soon disappeared from my sight. Seeing as I'd solved the problem of getting shot off my horse by selling the sodding thing my only option is to go jogging into battle after her. Which at least cleared up the mystery of how she'd gotten kidnapped in the first place. On the way there I had to chase off some bandits on the way home and as the battle began, who should I see rushing into battle with the rest of my rag-tag force than the girl herself. I manage to reunite the mayor and his kidnapped daughter, though only just. What 'they' don't realise is that pride is what makes you stand up again. Would it last, or would the game once again cast me into the gutter like a cigarette butt? No prizes for guessing that one.
Last week's instalment of Captain Smith saw my bookish, ambitious mercenary captain having some actual success.
