diff --git a/rsrc/scenarios/stealth/towns/town9.xml b/rsrc/scenarios/stealth/towns/town9.xml
index ed1a79fbf..a9065dbd3 100644
--- a/rsrc/scenarios/stealth/towns/town9.xml
+++ b/rsrc/scenarios/stealth/towns/town9.xml
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@
         <![CDATA[This desk, like the others, is empty, cleaned out by the swamp folk. You do have the fortune to find something under the desk, though: a tarnished copper key. Writing on the side reads "Sewer Key 3."]]>
     </string>
     <string id="56">
-        <![CDATA[Suddenly, ahead of you, a thin, insubstantial creature appears. It's a ghost! It starts waving its hands. At first, you think it's going to attack or cast a spell, but then you realize its trying to get you to approach it.]]>
+        <![CDATA[Suddenly, ahead of you, a thin, insubstantial creature appears. It's a ghost! It starts waving its hands. At first, you think it's going to attack or cast a spell, but then you realize it's trying to get you to approach it.]]>
     </string>
     <string id="57">
         <![CDATA["The specter! You killed it! I am avenged. I am free. Thanks to you. I will help you pass." It waves a spectral hand, and there is a flash of light to the north.]]>