taract of Saint-Jean-les-Eaux plunged bet tern end of a spur of ting station g to tain above it. It tered    all    not been for t anbarierators ons of er t roared the ge.

        It    folloers arrest, and tormy. one front of ting station, a zeppelin sloo a ing s belo made it look as if it anding on several legs of ligself to lie down.

        But t    satisfied; t into eddies and cross-gusts by tain. Besides, transformers oo close: to be s in among tantly fatal. Sleet drummed slant t rigid envelope of t, making a    almost droter and raining engines, and obsg the ground.

        "Not ; t sed over t;ell go around t;

        Fatc moved ttle fored trim of tain. t suddenly lengto feel t in t and rain.

        "You t get closer to tation t; said t, leaning foro let o t.

        "Not if you    to land," t said.

        "Yes,    to land. Very    us do;

        t gave orders for to prepare to moor. Sio unload    ant to make t secure. t settled back, tapping , gnating t ered.

        From ransverse bulk tcimes during t tle sal meso anyone    in order to    o a place whe risk was unavoidable.

        ening , tcter of booted feet oal    engineer called some figures to t, igo truts and beams as tilted.

        Finally, sensing from t t t s on tarboard side.

        tions: creecs. Many of ty. On ter sat a, g from her lap and exuding malice.

        Lord Roke ed for ted across to Mrs. Coulters seat, and .

        " are t; she murmured.

        "Landing. ere ing station."

        "Are you going to stay ; she whispered.

        "Ill stay o ."

        S, unfortably    in ted , but    take it off.

        "Go on, no; sed i, finding a fur-lined pocket ucked Mrs. Coulters silk collar inside solicitously, for all tidious couturier attending to e model,    Lord Roke ely .

        in time. Not a mier a soldier armed o order Mrs. Coulter out of the airship.

        "Must I ; she said.

        "I    been told to remove t; ;On your feet, please."

        "But its o move if I t o tiff, Ive been sitting    part of a day    moving, and you kno any s really necessary to manacle me. Am I going to try and run a;

        Lord Roke o    ied in its effe ot a grizzled old warrior.

        "ell," said t;Im sure you , maam, but I t do    been ordered to do. You see t, Im sure. Please stand up, maam, and if you stumble, Ill catc;

        Sood up, and Lord Roke felt    graceful    umble and cry out in alarm, a oo; turning over steadily to gee pos, voices from somewhere nearby giving orders.

        ter leaning ly, and Lord Roke could just make out his reply.

        "t, maam, over te,    t I darent ask ;

        "O; sty sig. "t;

        Lord Roke ed feet moving a;You    t;

        "tell me o know w;

        "About ten of my paces ao t. A big man. I    see t ."

        "No good unless I know w;

        "Yes. A s, stubby key ape ."

        Lord Roke climbed doil    there he g and looked around.

        t, en brilliantly. But as ing around for so s of     out abruptly.

        o t ond sprang t to, ry and catc.

        In t at t s ton of trousers, o t above t.

        t gave a grunting cry and fell clumsily, grasping rying to breatrying to call out. Lord Roke let go and sprang ahe falling body.

        No one iced: t be seen. But to o ter, and    ss of steel, as big around as ill ape. And to le ual risk of ts.

        And t;You all rig?"

        t ts, upor. Lord Roke couldnt : a spring and a kick, and t.

        ling, o lift six ot of taped o ba, but even in two men lying unscious ...

        And as ed t, a s    up.    rengtugging, ing, cra arrived and voices called f;S?"

        "Didnt ;Are t;

        t, secure again, snapped on once more. Lord Roke ock-still,    and rig everyotention wo men weriously, o il er.

        A sed later sly to t for t and ran up to her shoulder.

        "; o ;t begun to unload it. Its te on t do anytill take it out, and even then...”

        "All rig; ;run. ay c;

        doo    a sound s, slo first so as not to catco ting ao see the way.

        Beinuing roar of ts, t trying to impose some order on tion t s tialys, and didnt envy their waking up.

        But soon s rocks, and all s reflected back from t curved belly of tly t    out again, and all sraining vainly against taract below.

        tatiling over t a poo the bomb.

        ter    o get out of tuation alive: t ter. to get Lyras    of t it off. Lord Roke er , letting take to t sky; and to tory and c of ttle dark golden curl in ting . ly    t ligtering surfaces in tory, not to mention tant ing and going of tec impossible for o do anyt it there.

        So to remove ter t up.

        And t o be even    t inteo do er. tting t tercision: tine. o sever tioo destroy er. Sed. It , at least, s.

        in t t go on using tinually, because ing, t took a day for tency to build up again. Before long s force, and ts.

        S to ts of a spruce tree t g to ttled    to look around.

        Beood ting station. ts to o t far as rees. tself, as tic reel on a truck at top of t te tes or less.

        At tood guard, looking out into t-filled dark    te taining t ready for ter could see it clearly in ts, streaming ly tilted on tension crackle and s, esque jump rope.

        Mrs. Coulter ructure: the silver blade above.

        tood at one end of tus. t of it rao ors, ttice of tubing.    plexity tle lock of hing depended.

        to    to te and a ter from taract of Saint-Jean-les-Eaux.

        tumbled foro t looked up to t o tered a pierg yell.

        was he doing?

        A moment later Mrs. Coulter found out. Of all uc as ed above the wind:

        "Searcure of some kind s attacked several of my men already. You    see t and kill it!"

        "t; said te t carried clearly to Mrs. Coulters ser. "I    see it in t;

        "Never mind t. Find ture aroy it," said t. "It t be far aoo.”

        tco the air again.

        Suddenly ters ed.

        tet moving.

        "Go and bring ; sed from one rock to anottle patcered close to o see, but all the same he was horribly spicuous.

        Faturo ting station    t doo it, and tecerminals.

        Mrs. Coulter o do, no im    turo look over    e urned up    into togeting of a saint in tasy of martyrdom. Mrs. Coulter felt a sudden bolt of fear, because sly .

        Darting from rock to rock, the golden monkey reached Lord Roke.

        "My left leg is broken," said t;t man stepped on me. Listen carefully...”

        As ted s, Lord Roke explaily . tically u step by step, from so s tle burden.

        Mrs. Coulter, g    a    to    to tree. An arrouck t arm. At once sbled doohe monkey.

        And t ooo quickly: t of gunfire, and a cloud of acrid smoke billoer attacked, set Lord Roke doo    as tc t t rock, and Mrs. Coulter grappled directly ch.

        tled furiously among t about tearing all tchs cloud-pine branch.

        Meaning o t, but ruck    quickly. tets, cers and gauges.

        Out of noc    too tigcore ers grasp, snatcattered pine branto to join her daemon.

        Mrs. Coulter otack    like claear gas. t of tumbled a, to gat ribbed belly of training at its cables in ts silver sides running ure.

        But ters ears ring: a scream so    even tcer, pitce limbs, black silk, and green tc at t of Fathe rock.

        Mrs. Coulter darted foro see if Lord Roke    t spur eck.

        tcill just alive, and ;Somet;

        It made no se epping over o reactle clay.

        t for Fat not to attack: o reac of ting c tried to grab    Mrs. Coulter seized tried to pull    see: to ill gas in the air.

        And all around t was happening?

        ts s noteady, not even tai and Mrs. Coulter fougo cearing, pulling, biting, and sired and rong; but se, too, and s    part of ced t ing, reag in...

        to emple. Sunned, and t broke free and o t after him.

        And tal clasp! Still more to undo; and Mrs. Coulter    terminals, t, ation, ing ogether.

        tense le cloud of gold:    Lyras    ever it    ble on ters rigig it g to t pounded.

        But someto . A terrible clarity o see t tiails, and tail in t mattered: stuck to one of

        ting chere was a single dark gold hair.

        S o loosen ttle strengt. t passed    clear of t s ore at t against t togetter sile silver blade s down.

        Somet Mrs. Coulter .

        ting o be surprised at anymore; tention craft stood bely level. ed o t, ign the cries of alarm and fusion.

        "Is    go off?" so say.

        Lord Asriel climbed in beside    in, too, tunned monkey in ook trols and t sprang at oo ter looked do tain slope. Men ing station snaked do, making its o ttering bomb, he cage.

        "Lord Roke?" said Lord Asriel.

        "Dead," she whispered.

        ton, and a lance of flame jetted toossing, sant later to a rose of ention craft,    uncop of to tumble in a er of smoke and flames doainside, gating trees as it , until it plunged into te ers of taract, o the dark.

        Lord Asriel toucrols again aion craft began to speed a Mrs. Coulter couldnt take cime, gazing ear-filled eyes at til it ical line e scratceam, and t hing.
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