diff --git a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml
index ac4d66208..ba73e8387 100644
--- a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml
+++ b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
         <![CDATA[Wedged between to moldering tomes, you find a note, which seems to have never reached its addressee: "Pergaltho - Vinnia plans something. I know not what. She means us no good, though."]]>
     </string>
     <string id="38">
-        <![CDATA["Desperate times, my friend. I have done my best in Master Control to make sure disaster can avoided. We can only hope someone makes it down there, before disaster strikes. - Palhatis."]]>
+        <![CDATA["Desperate times, my friend. I have done my best in Master Control to make sure disaster can be avoided. We can only hope someone makes it down there, before disaster strikes. - Palhatis."]]>
     </string>
     <string id="39">
         <![CDATA[The mystery of who has been protecting the bookshelves has been solved. Several insubstantial beings with very substantial claws have flowed out of the walls. One is in front of you. The rest are behind.]]>