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Excerpt 3 - Page 33, translated 24/04/2004

the concubines, both male and female, are the property of the controller. any molestation or interference will carry the most severe penalty available to us (namely forfeit 7a in the preface). aside from the concubines the usual annexe facilities are yours to enjoy. the chef's special is the guinea fowl.

when refreshed make for the portal bay. the forty seventh gate will take you to the stables in 1898. there is a stallion behind the gate. the horse has a filthy temper and has put several farmhands into an infirmary so enter with caution. inside the gate is a silver lozenge shaped box. take it and make for the ladder beside the crop rack. climb up into the hayloft.

you will notice a man under the only window. indeed, he will be hard to miss as he will be thrashing around in his death throes. quickly open the box and remove the syringe. administer the rabies shot as you were shown at your induction day.

by this juncture you cannot have failed to notice that the man on the loft floor is yourself, so successful administration of the shot is obviously in your best interest. the critical predicament in which your future self has found itself will, of course, be apparent. within the next hour, in fact.

take your leave of your patient and the stables. stand for a moment in the courtyard. you should just be able to hear someone practising scales on the piano. follow the notes to the main house. they should lead you to the picture window overlooking the kitchen garden. through the window, you will see a young woman seated at the piano. she will pause from her scales, take a vial from her lap and sniff from it. as she replaces the stopper on the vial the forty eighth portal will open.

this will transport you to the front hall in 2006. if your conduct up to this point has been exemplarary, the controller is prepared to throw you a bone. open the front door and look down at the doormat. upon it is today's newspaper. this being the day after the grand national the name of the winning horse will be in bold type on the lower right, next to the contents box. you might want to commit this to memory. if there have been minor infringements of the portal code then there will simply be no newspaper. for anything more serious you will have already been withdrawn from the tour and taken to the dispatch portal.