It    pressed on Lyras eyes so    s felt t of tons of rock above t tail of t s    long before.

        So    on ills s and rembling creature, feeding it first on crumbs of biscuit and t, s; but it rate on plag    safely and avoiding t parts of the rock above.

        No-o a system of caves t o t point in to anots. tunnel ed, as to the young.

        "Is it muc; said Lyra quietly. "Because tll go out."

        topped and turo say:

        "Just follo see, listen. If you t ;

        ;Yes, I    Im not as strong as I used to be, and Im not brave, not very any stop. Ill follo;

        turned bad moved on. tting dimmer by te, and Lyra kne ely gone.

        But as sumbled for beside her, a familiar voice.

        "Lyra, Lyra, c;

        And surned in delight.

        "Mr. Scoresby! Oo    is you, I    see, just, oouc;

        In t, faint lig texan aeronaut, and s own accord, in vain.

        "Me too,    listen to me, trouble out ts aimed at you, dont ask me ;

        ill    o see t noo look at t beside    oing jahe same way of holding his head.

        ill eec her said:

        "Listen, time to talk about t do exactly as I say. take t from Lyras ;

        one , and ill didime asking w her.

        "No," said ill, "take your    see."

        And in t gleam, : just above    temple, ttle patc .

        "?" said Lyra. "And...”

        "; said ill, and asked , " must I do?”

        "Cut t    doo    it carefully, every single    miss eve to it, and t again. Do it no once."

        tcs be faces in tened and being old o t in t.    a little    all tiny golden o it, and replaced the window.

        And to ser of turning on itself like a vast mills of stone began to fall from tuo one side. ill seized Lyras arm, and toget began to s and slide, and loose pieces of stone came tumbling past, bruising t...

        t to t, and too breato cry out. tons of rock tumbling and rolling dohem.

        Finally t stopped, till tumbling and

        bounding do    been te before. Lyra    arm. it    for t ill t .

        "tialys? Salmakia?" said ill shakily.

        "Bot; said the Chevaliers voiear his ear.

        t, and of te smell of smas o see: the dragonfly was dead.

        "Mr. Scoresby?" said Lyra. "e t see anyt ;

        "Im ; said Lee, close by. "I guess t off, and I guess it missed."

        "Bomb?" said Lyra, frig t;Roger, are you t;

        "Yea; came ttle w;Mr. Parry, o fall, and    ;

        "Look," said t of Jo;But ill to t move."

        t range faint golden glimmer, like a luminous misty rain falling all around t rike ts ablaze    lit up o t, to erfall.

        It    black emptiness, like a s into t darkness. t floo it and died. t it o t, a slope ones, loose and precariously balanced, rose o ty gloom.

        to    even a ledge, just some lucky    abyss, and t except fortered rocks aering boulders, est toug down below.

        And be cleared, more and more of ts o move. Only took to to reassure till in tunnel, flying ao searc.

        Lyra c least ter le face, and said:

        "e on, till    been . And    least. So just keep going, just keep on moving. e t go any ot; Sured at t;So    got to keep going a keep on till    be scared, dont give up, dont lag beell t look back all time because I got to c to trust you to e on steady after us, all rig;

        ttle g nodded. And so, in a s took,    et. t it seemed to pull t doo it, and a gly dizziness s footion, t loose slope of gravel, a it pulled, it tempted, and t o it, only to feel tilting and t ss.

        From time to time te line of t of ts faces to ts, aged fattle ccs of t, young boys and girls ers age keeping stauncill ohe open air.

        But some didnt trust t cold heir

        s and trails, and they heard vicious whispers:

        ";

        "ere frig;

        "e s least ba ttle ligtle pany, t;

        "You did a o our land! You sayed in your oed to die before you came doo disturb us!"

        "By ;

        ill ed to turn and denou Lyra ened, she said.

        t emptiness.

        "Friends, be brave! Stay toget Lyra    find it. Be patient and c, dont fear!"

        Lyra felt reion. And so toiled on, .

        "ill," said Lyra after some minutes, " you    ;

        "Yes, I ," said ill. "But I t feel it at all. And I tell you somet t s t a    t kind of edge; once youve felt it you never fet it. And I    see it t    t big space dos not anots different. I dont like it. I ;

        "You    closed every ;

        "No, because I couldnt, some of t I kno big..." ured do ing to look. "Its ;

        alking togetion aking place a little ialys alking quietly s of Lee Scoresby and John Parry.

        "So ;Youre saying o go out into t of me is aco join t of t;

        "Yes, and so am I," said ills fat;But I believe t if to figo    be able to to ttle on Asriels side. And if it came at t moment, it mig;

        "Gs?" said tialys, trying to icism from ;?"

        "e couldnt    living creatures, ts quite true. But Asriels army is going to tend ;

        "ters," said Lee.

        "Just    ts ry, Lee."

        "ell, Im ;

        "And you, sir," said Jo to t;I o ts of your people. ill you live long enougo see t?"

        "Its true, our lives are s pared to yours. I o live," said tialys, "and ttle longer, per to s    be perma. I o ;

        t abominable fall yaime, and otle slip, one footstep on a

        loose rock, one careless    Lyra, so far doarvation before you ever    ttom, and t o an infinite gulf, o o reac you out, forever scious and forever falling...

        O     it?

        A strao    of falling induced a kind of vertigo in Lyra, and s too far to reac aken    at t moment stle flicker of vanity blazed up for a moment in . t to and oter.

        So remind    noo creep along like an i.

        But ttle boys    dead like us...”

        And it seemed to    t sed, tones moved under , and o slide. In t moment it     as sterly failed to o anytones rolled and tumbled beo slammed into o fall. to stop    oo late.

        error. S as ry and catco find ling to; s kno ill . Instead, ex of r fear. Faster and faster sumbled, do bear to cheir eyes and cried aloud.

        ill felt electric co c e ering any more t t stop, shere, she was falling...

        And out of t creature ig. togetra oo mug    t a a, and    of t ing to ills reag arms.

        igo , feeling t of    against    Lyra just t ill; s a girl, and    a boy. t gulf of deatogets clustered around,    at o oo; and tialys and Salmakia spoke to No-Name, praising hem all, generous one, blessing her kindness.

        As soon as Lyra could move, s trembling for t    speak. All ty    of her.

        till for some minutes. Oerror o subside, t off again, ill ig foresting eac before t any    t t die of fatigue; but t rest, t stop. ,    fearful gulf belohem?

        And after anotoil, o her:

        "Look a..."

        It rue: tting easier, and it o climb slig t a fold in t really be a ?

        Lyra looked into ills brilliant, strong eyes and smiled.

        tep moving farto roll and t their ankles.

        "e must ; ill said. "I could try t I find."

        "Not yet," said t;Farto go yet. to opeer place ;

        tly, , , ...trembling , tion. t fe up to t of ttle o the shadow.

        Lyra cook to searcoucoug again.

        "A; he said.

        "You found an open space?"

        "I t;

        "ill," said , "stop a moment. Listen to me."

        ill put dourned. In all t    been able to t it o knoo part for t time.

        " ; ill said. "ill you just vanis;

        "Not yet. Mr. Scoresby and I tle    us into Lord Asriels ;    on somberly, looking at Lyra, "youll o travel t to find your daemons again. Because ts w;

        "But Mr. Parry," said Lyra, "o my fat;

        "I er, itll firm    remember t daemons," ense and empic. "trom o return to    live permaly in miorre degli Angeli, o rue, and gradually t.

        "And t o me. I    and s possible for a o be. t of my o, and couldnt find t deal in t ten years after I arrived tally sick.

        "And ts full life in t ually si and die. e    travel, if to ot    enterprise o build there is no elsewhere.

        "ill, my boy, you and Lyra    go out no; you , and you deserve it; but t e bato t journey."

        ill and Lyra exc a    est they had ever seen.

        t air filled took in a opy of dazzling stars, and ter somerees, as les, dotting

        the wide savanna.

        ill enlarged to left and rig big enoug to , out of the dead.

        t gs trembled ement passed back like a ripple over ts alike looking up and a and    stars turies so tarved eyes.

        t g to leave took a step foruro look back at Lyra, and laugurning into t, tarligtle burst of    ill he bubbles in a glass of champagne.

        ts folloness of t air, tars.
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