Lyra alaimon s , and s up to    and o t even in ted Arctic; t a stir of ill t not ti ripple broke on t.

        ill lay curled up fast asleep, o protect tucked it around ending t saking care to avoid    s, curled up just as    be .

        Carrying till sleepy Pantalaimon, s dotle    wake him.

        "ttle people," Pantalaimon said.

        "I dont like em," said Lyra decisively. "I t arap "em in a    or somet ts it, ;

        "e    got a ," ;or somet t. c;

        Pantalaimon e by mio t et edge of t cleared t reac toucc floialys, standing by ills chem.

        "t; said Lyra, "t make us do . t to follo t;

        "If t ; said Pantalaimon, meaning ;and got tings ready to sti us, ill’d o do ;

        Lyra t about it. Ser, tly, lolling drool of tered ream... And t cly been reminded elseed.

        "Suppose t , t; s;suppose t ed    cter make em t, if ;

        S ter    it rument out and laid it on its black velvet clottle by little, Lyra drifted into t tran e edness bet rid of the spies?

        to dart t, almost too fast to see, and some part of Lyras aed tops and sa o said.

        It told    try, because your lives depend on them.

        t    a    s on and asked:    to the dead?

        the knife.

        And finally santly,    to do?

        Yes, said ter instantly. Yes.

        S of rance, and tucked t oo: is irring, and a very sligling tems growing he dune.

        S ter ao ill, alaimon as large as ing the Gallivespians.

        tone apparatus, and when hed finished, Lyra said:

        "You been talking to Lord Asriel?"

        "to ative," said tialys.

        "e ent going."

        "ts old ;

        " did ;

        "t    yours."

        "Suit yourself," s;Are you married to t lady?"

        "No. e are colleagues."

        " any c;

        "No."

        tialys tio pack tone resonator aing up graceful and slotle    sand. till asleep, teth dew.

        "Are t; Lyra said.

        "e kno; tialys replied, not very    to talk quietly to too softly for Lyra to    sco refreser must be different for t to Pantalaimon: imagine drops t! to get into; t of elastid, like a balloon.

        By time ill oo,    to look for t once, fully focused on him.

        he looked away and found Lyra.

        "I    to tell you somet; s;e over here, away from...”

        "If you go a; said tialyss clear voice, "you must leave t leave t talk to eac;

        "t e?" Lyra said indignantly. "e dont    you listening to ;

        "t leave t;

        ter all, aainly t be able to use it. ill rummaged in ter bottle and a couple of biscuits, and o Lyra,    he dune.

        "I asked ter," sold ;and it said ry and escape from ttle people, because to save our lives. So maybe uck ;

        "old t o do?"

        "No! And I , eitell Lord Asriel on t speaking-fiddle and op us, so    to just go, and not talk about it in front of t;

        "t; ill pointed out. "t be good at listening and ter not mention it at all. e kno talk about it, and to put up    and e along."

        "t oo far off. ill, I asked    too. It said to follo t."

        "Sounds easy," ;But I bet it isnt. Dyou knoold me?"

        "No.    to say good-bye,     for you, but

        you could do it. But old me w;

        "t of my mot; ;So Ive got to put    of my mind. But... its like    a crocodile, you do, you t ..."

        "ell, you cut t nig," she said.

        "Yeaired, I t follo;

        "ts all it said."

        "Mig t muc. e ougo find someto take    or somet Ill find a art looking properly."

        "All rig; said Lyra, quite o be moving again, h Pan and ill, alive and awake.

        to tting alertly by their backs.

        "e so knoend," said Salmakia.

        "ell,    ing to Lord Asriel any; said ill. "eve got someto do first."

        "And ell us    is, sis clear    stop you from doing it?"

        "No," said Lyra, "because youd just go ao e along    kno;

        "Certainly not," said tialys.

        "e    some kind of guarantee," said ill. "Youre spies, so youre bound to be dis, ts your trade. e o knorust you. Last nigoo tired and    t it, but to stop you ing till inging us to make us    lodesto easily. So o ee t you . A promise isnt enoug;

        trembled    their honor.

        tialys, trolling ;e dont accept one-sided demands. You must give somet tell us entions are, and tone resonator into your care. You must let me    o send a message, but you o use it    yreement. t ee. And noell us w;

        ill and Lyra exco firm it.

        "All rig; Lyra said, "ts fair. So o t kno t. ts o do."

        t y.

        t; you say doesnt make ses all. t;

        "I t t rue, as ; said ill. "But no sure. At least ."

        "But w;

        Lyra looked at ill and saw him nod.

        "ell," s;before I met ill, long before I o danger, and    I    o find    . Nor er. If    to o do    all, ts my friend    matter to    it matters to me. to us. So ts    to do."

        "C; said tialys, "o live on after t?"

        &quoing to go and find out," said Lyra. "And noold you, Ill take your resonator lodestone."

        S alaimon stood, tail so reinforce ialys unslung t in    h.

        "And ion ake?" said the Chevalier.

        "e dont kno; Lyra told ;e dont kno it, any more t go t;

        "First t; ill said, " to get some er and some more food, someto carry. So Im going to find a    off."

        tialys and Salmakia mou is e, and Lyra, c for t time, saraordinary fineness of tirrups, tiny saddles.

        ill took temptation made ouc card still; elepher…

        tone, and    nearly stopped. If    he end.

        After a fes ried again. Instead    not to to    Im just going to look away whis...

        And t time it s later all of tanding in    and prosperous farmyard in some nortry like one-flagged yard    and    and a roable doors stood open. t. tive and vigorous t it sounded like a macables.

        Lyra    and looked, and came back at once, looking pale.

        "to , and recovered, "four dead ;

        "Look," said ill, s;or maybe better not."

        ing at t edged tc seen a mans legs, one , protruding from t part of the bushes.

        Lyra didnt    to look, but ill    to see if till alive and needed help. he came back shaking his head, looking uneasy.

        t the farmhouse door, which was ajar.

        tialys darted bad said, "It smells ser in t; and ted furtbuildings.

        ill folloce cable, and a tle stood cold.    door try, he silence pressive.

        Lyra said quietly, "ill, is t;

        t o    ;No, I dont ts one    of rye bread, tll be good, its lig;

        aken o table.

        "ell?" said Lyra, seeing tialys raise ;You s you take."

        At t moment Salmakia came in table in a sric blue.

        "t; s;on foot, es ;

        And as ss on gravel, and a voice issuing orders, and tal.

        "t; said ill.

        in t. And at once ion. to be sliding along a very smoot sank til o cut. But it ant, like o ail as tanding in.

        "s ; said Lyra.

        t it    t. Just as ted ted to pus someter    all. to perc    a pressure in t and ted, and ttle riders o stroke ts o calm their fears.

        But after a feruggle, t o see) and closed it, sting their own world.

        "ill," said Lyra, and uro see t tchem.

        jolted. It    ten minutes before, stark dead in t cut.

        most of time in t no te scable rembling , ill o see, act.

        o speak, but no . All    at ill and Lyra.

        Lyra said, "Excuse us for being in your    artled you. Im Lyra, and tialys and tell us your name and w;

        t seemed t to his senses, and a shudder passed over him, as if he were waking from a dream.

        "Im dead," ;Im lying out t dead. s    my t. s ;

        Lyra stepped closer to ill o    as a mouse. As f to trol t is seemed to

        ed c.

        But t notice till trying to uand w had happened.

        "Are you a g?" ill said cautiously.

        t ried to take it, but ingle of cold was all .

        o e.

        "truly," ;I am dead... Im dead, and Im going to ;

        "; said Lyra, "ogets your name?"

        "Dirk Jansen I ; ;but already I... I dont knoo do... Dont kno;

        ill opecouched.

        A little groan broke from Dirk Ja, as if t anymore. ted out of t up er ttering little cries.

        "I t stay    stay," ;But t t to go..."

        "; said Lyra.

        "Do to go. t stay ;

        Salmakia fleo perctle cla;tion."

        "t; said ill, and swung his rucksack over his shoulder.

        Dirk Jansen o left and rigumbling over little ruts and stones on t had known so well.

        Lyra came after ill, and Pantalaimon became a kestrel and flew up as high as he could, making Lyra gasp.

        "t," ;t;

        And soon too: ty or so men, ogets, o a stumbling run, and t to greet him.

        "Even if t kno; Lyra said. "e better just go ;

        "Dyou t; said ill.

        "t tell. If you sa;

        "Its o say. t look normal, exactly...to see in my to outside tic bag, and o anyone or    inside. And no one ever looked at o pretend . t like s and I never kne;

        "I dont t; said Lyra doubtfully.

        "A been killed, tve do, and s just like t itd be a lot different..."

        "ill, its fading," s;Look!"

        Scopped and looked around, and s. Not long before epped to ttagazze, tood outside at midday and c dayligil a sort of eerie t as clear as in full daylig t to see it by, as if all trengt of a dying sun.

        odder, because tion as well and being blurred.

        "Its not like going blind, even," said Lyra, frig;because its not t    see ts like t;

        t of t green of trees and t farmhouse ...

        to notice, too, and ing and hers arms for reassurance.

        t t red-and-yelloric blue of ttle riders, and ill and Lyra, and Pantalaimon, wrel-shaped close above.

        to t of t s. ill and Lyra took a step too fear, for ts o approach.

        ill called out, "Dont be afraid. ere not going to    you. ; "

        t t man among their guide.

        &quoing    I t remember learning it. Seems as if its along t ;

        "Mama," said a g dark in time?"

        " fret," t;t make anytter by fretting. ere dead, I expect."

        "But ;I dont    to be dead, Mama!"

        &quoing to see Grandpa," tely.

        But t be soled and    bitterly. Ot t to ely t on, and on, and on.

        tialys o Salmakia before skimming acs brig got smaller and smaller. t on ills hand.

        "to see ting it. t ."

        "But ;If I    to stay in t    lost."

        "t; ill said, guessing. "Its ."

        "No, t; said t;Some instinct is dra;

        And is    t of sigy storm ening, but trision

        t es aorm. ts eadily, and traig    featureless.

        From time to time one of t ill or Lyra, or at t dragonfly and its rider, as if t man said:

        "You, you boy and girl. You aint dead. You aint gs.    you ing along ;

        "e came t," Lyra told ;I dont knoo escape from t seemed to find ourselves ;

        " to t to go?" said ill.

        "I expect old," said t fidently. "te out teous, I dare say. Its no good praying nos too late for t. You s w;

        It e clear o be in, and quite clear, too, t    it    be a big os     arguing.

        And ing in silender a sky t o a dull iron gray and remai getting any darker. to t and rig il a little spark appeared ao o meet h a cry of pleasure.

        to the children.

        "toialys. "It looks like a refugee camp, but its obviously been turies or more. And I t, but ts covered in mist. I could e, from every dire, people like ts..."

        ts tened as    mucy. to tled into a dull trance, and Lyra ed to se tle and .

        "o ; she said.

        even guess. As t on to t and rigy-colored smoke o add its darko t    all empty-ing over tohe smoke.

        table matter, se, t got. t a patd ts growing anywhere were rank weeds and crayish grass.

        Aer, . It rose like a cliff te    came t tialys o.

        Bete , t tohe dead.
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