Balt t it o t air over tundra, flailing o t ime before o ill, hey were ba Lyras world.

        " is it?" said ill as trembling beside ;Is it danger? Get behind me...”

        "Baruc; cried Balt;my dear Baruch is dead...”

        ";

        But Balt tell;     inguis keep still: o seek out Baruc, calling, g, calling; and t, and fly de ill to , and promise to cirelessly; and to tance of kindness and ce t Baru none of t a nature so gracious could never be snuffed out, and o ting about in every dire, reckless and ri, cursing tars.

        Finally ill said, "Balt;

        t ter cold gloom of tundra, to ;You must try to keep quiet no tll attack if tect you    if ttack you up t be able to oo, tll be to o Lyra. Please dont fet t. Barug, be strong, too. Be like ;

        At first Balt speak, but t;Yes. Yes, of course I must. Sleep no;

        ill trusted o. And presently he fell asleep again.

        o anding nearby. t rising, and ts ipped h gold.

        Before ill could move, Balt;Ive decided    do. I say , and do it co Lyra, if I , and to Lord Asriel. I    I never met a nature t made me so ardent to do good, or to be kind, as Barucimes, but eacime o redeem me. Nos not, I

        so try    it. Perime to time, but I sry all t;

        "t; said ill, shivering.

        "S;

        "Yes," said ill, "fly ell me o take forever."

        Baltook to t told ill everyt, because rying to do    and not atron, t, from     angels o see, including parts of    of ure Lyra atron no some time Balto tell    not quite yet. It oo difficult.

        ill, reing t it o get ing for a fire to catc off toted and potimes e t t    tle sense of making progress.

        Sometime later, w was brighamoss voice spoke beside him.

        "About oo tie up. I fle tly sout a passage, t;

        "Good," said ill fervently. "And does to to;

        "It goes to to;

        "I    lock me up if I t speak t;

        "As your daemon," said Balt;I sranslate for you. I ainly uand try."

        ill oil    least    least every step took o Lyra.

        taining reindeer, and dogs t barked as    out of tin c , and t flood: o s of cated iron sbuildings    away.

        But t    t curious feature of t first     even made umble once or t of tical, all leaning ttle chquake?

        Dogs erical fury, but not daring to e close. Baltaken te dog igail, and    t taed and listless.

        ill paused in ter of ttle village and looked around, ood staring at    people    coats, muddy boots, and fur s, and t look friendly.

        te dog co a sparroo ills s t of t    look t is tful to do."

        ill kept    talent. By time

        to t i in    t hing loudly.

        Baltly, "t. You e to urn and bo;

        ill did so. t less eyes moved over ills fad body, taking everything in. he beed.

        ill    to the doorway and bowed again.

        t said somet;ever you like."

        "I speak Englis; ill said slo;I dont kno;

        "A; cried t gleefully in Englis;My dear young man! ele to our village, our little no-longer-perpendicular K is your name, and w;

        "My name is ill, and Im going sout my family, and Im trying to find t;

        "t e inside and ," said t, and put a he doorway.

        terest in Balt to t:    into ills s as if he were shy.

        t led o a parlor obaoke, eamed quietly on a side table.

        " ; said t. "tell me again."

        "ill Parry. But I dont knoo call you."

        "Otyets Semyon," said t, stroking ills arm as o a c;Otyets means Fat of tc is your fat;

        "Jo;

        "Joccc;

        "Im lost," ill said. "I raveling o t id t lost. So Im traveling souts ;

        t spread ;A soldier? An explorer from England? No one so iing as t rodden ty roads of Kuries, but in time of up    appear tomorroor, ill Ivanovitc stay t in my alk aoget; he called.

        An elderly ly. o ook a glass and filled it    tea from t tea to ill, togettle saucer of jam h a silver spoon.

        "t; said ill.

        "to sen tea," said t. "Lydia Alexandrovna made it from bilberries."

        t    tea ter, but ill sipped it,    kept leaning foro look closely at    o see ract he village sloped.

        "t; t said. "It is all foretold in t. Jo river only a s o tic O. All tains of tral Asia it flohousands of years,

        ever siy of God ty Fated t    turned again and    norturned upside do;

        "A long ;I didnt kno kno w? ;

        &qu me t large book on ttom s; said Semyon Borisovitc;I will s;

        t dreable and licked urning t atlas.

        "; ing y fingernail at a spot iral Siberia, a long    of t    of tains in tibet all to tic.    t ched.

        Semyon Borisovitcalked and talked, pressing ill for details of iced dissembler, ans in some beetroot soup and dark bread, and after t e.

        "ell, c; said Semyon Borisovitc;S cards, or o talk?"

        ea from took it doubtfully.

        "I t play cards," ;and Im anxious to get on araveling. If I    to teamer going sout;

        ts e flick of t.

        "trouble in to; ;Lydia Alexandrovna er ic. You did not see armored bears w;

        t ly t only ill could ;Be careful." And ill kne once    Lyra old    t try to tain his feelings.

        ;e ;

        "Yes, t is , to ills relief, "But no, and to let tcers of evil! t to deatco do c to t age? try to seduce you. t, ing, deceitful    skin, t voices, and take your seed, you kno, take your future, your c are to e, and leave you not to deat;

        t reaco took dotle and two small glasses.

        "Noo offer you a little drink, ill Ivanovitc; ;You are young, so not very many glasses. But yroo knoaste of vodka. Lydia Alexandrovna collected t year, and I distilled ttle is t, tyets Semyon Borisovitcoget;

        tle, filling eaco talk made ill    so drink    discourtesy?

        "Otyets Semyon," anding, "you ay loo taste your drink and to alk, because ell me eresting. But you uand I am un my family, and very anxious to find t move on, muco stay."

        t pus    of    t;ell, you s. But before you leave, you must drink your vodka. Stand ake it, and do;

        all at once, and tood very close to ill. In , dirty fi seemed tiny; but it , and ill could smell tang of tale s and tains on t sick before he began.

        "Drink, ill Ivanovitc; t cried, ening iness.

        ill lifted tatingly so figo avoid being sick.

        to e. Semyon Borisovitc , and took ill by both shoulders.

        "My boy," o intone a prayer or a psalm. Vapors of tobacd ale powerfully from o brush.

        ts cig, left, rig Baltiny clao    still. omac    move.

        Finally it    stepped bad pushed him away.

        "Go, t; ;go soutc;

        ill gatried t ts ook t of the village.

        s place. Baltop at one point, and laid tle; but ill made    he would never drink vodka again.

        And iernoon t of toer so broad it might have been a sea.

        Even from some    trouble. Puffs of smoke ing from beyond ter by the boom of a gun.

        "Balt; ;youll o be a daemon again. Just keep near me and c for danger."

        o tskirts of ttle tos mud stains on toed, but as oing, of screams, and of t louder.

        And    last tco look a terfront, s of big vessels rose above tops.

        An explosion s of a nearby o the smoky air.

        ill reacreet and looked along terfront.    cleared a little, ing vessel standing offss place against tols surrounding a great gun, wched,

        boomed again. A flasy splash.

        ill s, but,    to expect, t al, or creatures in    flo in alarm. to t splastered, and some ran in flames to ters edge and plunged in, to be s along and out of sig.

        ill found a man close by weacher, and said:

        "Do you speak Englis;

        "Yes, yes, indeed...”

        " is ;

        "ttag, and ry to fig it is difficult, we have only one gun, and...”

        t    of blazing pitcime it landed even closer to t immediately after ion, and t ating the barrel swing down low.

        "A; ted, "its no good, t fire...”

        t brougo in alarm and despair, especially    into being on t or turo flee; but time t laung o    against t.

        t doo t o traitors. took no notice, but ran to langplank.

        turo go ba board, a s ence like a dle flame.

        tion from t o and o face t ups over tops. And at top of tion of ironclad migs t rained on o make test dent in his massive armor.

        ill said to t;tag to;

        "t fuel. But    figes, robbers...”

        t bear    ted; and ill sa to to the breech.

        An idea came, and    onto t into ty space bethe bear.

        "Stop!" ed. "Stop fig me speak to t;

        tood still, astonis trengto cayed y.    clao t.

        " are you?    do you ?"    language.

        te anot, and tand translated for thers.

        "Ill fig," cried ill, "and if you give ing o stop."

        t move. As for tood ed and jeered and ed er. But not for long, because ill turo face tood cold-eyed, tained, and perfectly still, until ter stopped. rembling on his shoulder.

        , , "If I make t agree to sell t agree. If you dont, troy all of you."

        t    turn; coalking, gesticulating, arguing, and after a minute, a voice called, "Boy! Make t;

        ill turned back. ook a deep breath and called:

        "Bear! You must agree. If you give o me, ting o stop, and you    buy fuel and go peacefully up t;

        "Impossible," roared t;It    of its s fig;

        "I agree," said ill, and every scrap of tention    ferocious being in front of ;Its not a fair test at all. You    armor, and I ake off my    fairer, t, for example. tter matcll be no so fig;

        it expressed red, rage, and s, t claw and un    in place.

        And noerfront. No one spoke, no one moved. tell t somet tell     t of tless g of seagulls over g as t do ills feet.

        ill put ed t up on its end.    it. It sisted of a single s of iron, dark aed, op and a massive c humb.

        "So t; ;ell, it doesnt look very strong to me. I dont knorust it. Let me see."

        And ook ted t t of t, and sliced off a er as if ting butter.

        "ts ,"    anoto a pile ments ie. ood up and    a handful.

        "t ; ter onto t at , "and t o me, Ill o fig it. Are you ready, bear? I tcake off your er all."

        Utter stillness. tc a drop of s trickle down his spine.

        t and took a step backward.

        "to a ; ;I t fig. Boy, you ;

        ill kne a sed later t and he bear had

        finiso turn and call out, to keep t:

        "er tart repairing t t tie up and refuel."

        it ake a mio translate t a among tco t ting out, as a    of sandbanks baffles and breaks up tore fully t the boy had achieved.

        ill put t a different kind time. to dismahe quayside.

        Ons about clearing up, but several more came croo see ill, curious about to and t ime for ill to bee inspicuous again, so    ed all kinds of curiosity a    magic, but simply a e eresting, less attractive to tention. t urned away.

        But ttention        anotraordinary po ills and. ly, in a voice t seemed to the ships engines.

        " is your name?" he said.

        "ill Parry.    you make anot ?"

        "Yes.    do you seek?"

        "Yoing up t to e o tains and t ake me?"

        "Yes. I    to see t knife."

        "I o a bear I    trust. trusto tains to find. o;

        "I am Iorek Byrnison," said the bear.

        "I kno; said ill.

        t aking fuel on board; tilted sideo let coal tes into t rose iced by townspeople, whe ship.
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