The Wolves have a good laugh at this. Then they ask for an explanation. You have little alternative but to tell them about your mission. At first they don't believe you . . . but you have proof. When they play the computer-cube of information that Irene gave you, they're convinced.

Mandrake shakes his head. "Sorry, pilgrim," he says. "Sounds like the Okie's got the winning side on this. I think we'd better just keep you on ice here and find out what he'll pay for you."

You plead and threaten - but Mandrake's mind is made up. You pass the next week locked in a small room. Then, one night, you are taken out and freed by the roadside a few miles out of Dallas. The next day you read in die papers that John Twoeagles has been named President of Louisiana, following the old President's untimely death.

You failed your mission badly. Your adventure is over.