There's a sequence of moves that's very useful to know when you need to manipulate guards:
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×Suppose that you are facing south, with the guard two steps south and one step east of you. In this situation, the guard will rotate his sword until he's facing NW, so his sword is on the same square as Beethro's. Now if you turn to face SE, the guard will step NW. Then step SE and S, and the guard will need to spend a few turns rotating so he faces Beethro again.
A variation of this sequence can get the guard onto the pressure plate without letting him kill Beethro. Additionally:
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×You should remove some of the trapdoors in advance, so the guard will be trapped completely after the above maneuver.
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