diff --git a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml
index 1e9bf6b7f..15fba3ea8 100644
--- a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml
+++ b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             <![CDATA[You meet the mayor of Marralis. His nervous manner, facial tics, and constant sheen of nervous sweat all say one thing: bureaucrat desperately out of his depth.]]>
         </look>
         <name>
-            <![CDATA[He looks very glad to see you. "I am more than please, in fact, ecstatic, to have the honor of welcoming you. I am known as Mayor Broder, Esquire, Honored Empire Liaison to the Town of Marralis."]]>
+            <![CDATA[He looks very glad to see you. "I am more than pleased, in fact, ecstatic, to have the honor of welcoming you. I am known as Mayor Broder, Esquire, Honored Empire Liaison to the Town of Marralis."]]>
         </name>
         <job>
             <![CDATA["Ah, yes. That is a complicated and multi-faceted question, but I shall endeavor to answer. I am the mayor and leader of this town, and the first defense against fear and destruction."]]>