"Dr. Malone," said Lyra in t;ill ao look for our daemons.    to do. But    be    t    to go and look."

        "; said Mary, er urbed nigo itiously, for tprints. So far s found any.

        "Dont kno; said Lyra. "But t ttle, t trust us anymore. t say I blame t    imes, so maybe ;

        "Listen," Mary said relutly, and told Lyra about t before.

        As so join tened, wide-eyed and serious.

        " a traveler and ; Lyra said o be all kinds of openings nourned around a,     to do anyt;

        "I dont kno like it. And Im    you going off on your o kno. O kno please be careful. Please look all around. At least out on t;

        "If raigo anot o    us," ill said.

        termio go, and Mary ant tue.

        "At least," s;promise t you    go in among trees. If t man is still around,    be    see ime to escape."

        "e promise," said Lyra.

        "ell, Ill pack you some food in case youre out all day."

        Mary took some flat bread and c, t-quencs, ied a cord around it for one of to carry over a shoulder.

        "Good ing," s. "Please take care."

        Sill anxious. Sood co t of the slope.

        "I he ridge.

        "S; said Lyra. "And if oryll still be    t;

        "Mmm," said ill. "Dyou t;

        "Dunno. I dont suppose Ive got a     Jordan College, and I t live s. I    mind t, if t;

        " about Lord Asriels    you    to live t;

        "Its going to fail, remember," she said.

        ";

        "Because of    said, just before . About daemons, and ime if tay in t probably Lord Asriel, I mean my father,

        couldnt    about t, because no one ked... All t," s;all t bravery and skill... All t, all ed! All for not;

        top of topped and looked back.

        "ill," s;supposing    find t;

        "Im sure ;

        "You saion of mao touce as someone elses daemon. It    only by politeness, but by somet, somet ills    as well as she did.

        t ill, not put off by being s;op c;

        "About... I suppose about e, or a bit older. Maybe more sometimes. e used to talk about Paling, o wonder w hed be...”

        "Dont people ;

        "Not    t be t be t... And usually t fits. I mean someture. Like if your daemons a dog, t means you like doing old, and knos are people o find .    t;

        "I dont kno kno and quiet and    knod be difficult    you just by looking. I like to keep secret and stay out of sig;

        "ts good at    looks like anotterfly t looks like a    ures like t in your world, because we ;

        toget savanna rolled, broy. t he world.

        "But its y really," Lyra said.

        "You mean t man?"

        "No. You kno;

        "Yes, I do. I    see s; ill said.

        tle darting movements    easier to see t look at to so to Lyra, s;Its ive capability."

        "s t?"

        "t Keats said it first. Dr. Malone knos er. Its    it?"

        "Yes, I suppose it is. But I    t t be t;

        "So ..."

        S o her lips. he nodded.

        "Look," ;trees."

        It ree. t up to it carefully, keeping an eye on t breeze stirring t seemed impossible t a migopple, but    was.

        t trunk, supported in ts torn-up roots and out on t trees ill ree, tig still looked sturdy, leaves t ill green, too the mild air.

        Suddenly Lyra gripped ills arm.

        "S; s;Dont look. Im sure t ;

        t mass of leaves and branding to gaze vatly at t tention o t! , t    tree. And beside it, another.

        "alk a; ill said under ;ell go somew;

        "Suppose t... But yes, all rig; Lyra whispered back.

        teo look all around; t ting on tending to climb; teo cheir heads and walking away.

        "I wis; Lyra said whey were a few hundred yards away.

        "Just go o lost. to us o."

        tepped off to tems, g, fluttering, skimming, he million-voiced chorus chirrup and scrape.

        " are you going to do, ill?" Lyra said quietly after theyd walked some way in silence.

        "ell, Ive got to go ; he said.

        S hough. She hoped he sounded unsure.

        "But t still be after you," s;t;

        "eve seen er all."

        "Yes, I suppose... But I ed to sed us to..."

        "Yea; ;and I ed... It o go to Cittagazze again, even. It iful place, and if ters are all gone... But t to go bad look after    left s not fair o;

        "But its not fair on you to o do t."

        "No," ;but ts a different sort of not fair. ts just like aorm. It mig be fair, but no oo blame. But if I just leave my mot very    kind of not fair. t    got to go    probably its going to be difficult to go back as s out no suppose Mrs. Cooper er    if my motimes    o go into some kind of institution."

        "No! Like an orp;

        "I ts    dont kno."

        "You could escape o my ;

        "I still belong to look after erfere t;

        "Dyou t married?"

        for a long time. Shough.

        "I t see t far a; ;It ... I dont t in my    married?"

        "Me too," s;Not to anyone in my ;

        teadily, oime in time the world had.

        After a    you? So you could visit my ;

        "Of course. I certainly    give it to anyone else, ever."

        "Dont look...” s altering ;t."

        "t; said ill, delighted.

        "S;

        "I t t pretend no s of stupid places."

        It became a game. t to be ser beetles or slugs; tree at tring-ending to    in t fuss of an ant so rodden on, sympats bruises, saying its face    like Pans, asking in mock sorroo speak to her.

        But    of ears, sly to ill, leaning close to speak quietly:

        "e o leave t    ;

        "Yes,         all. Because you made a promise ter, and you o keep it."

        "And you o speak to your fat;

        "And    t."

        "Yes, oo,    up. It ;

        As to look for soo of a ridge, and ;ell! If    find somew;

        t    be a stream as raversed till it dipped into t of the rock.

        t faces in ter and sefully, and tream do gature one, and all time get fuller and wider.

        " do t?" Lyra marveled. "ter ing into it from any ;

        ill, c of to disappear into ted silently.

        "It just goes slo; ;It doesnt flo as t, so it gat; ing a little group of trees at t of the slope.

        t eag off to folloream. t t doream    into tunnels of green and emerged in dappled clearings, only to tumble over a lip of stone and bury itself in to follo as muc.

        At t of t ran into ttle rees.

        Fatcop of t    been o folloe Marys fiden ty of cealment in ts of string- of time earlier looking all around as if t to keep some distance a as ttention to the landscape.

        t    to do    person. to make sure et o get close enougo see    folloo the wood.

        Quietly and cautiously ream. le fleing t    e, and s t of ttle aem of grass, and    for    trail in t t be    to mortal sin.

        crees. t looked bace sining over top of t ill kept loream at a croucher.

        o success no for t time ing on aying to evangelize t to do o viures,    t of riding on rary to t, and salvation would follow.

        of trees began, and laid tly.

        o tened, o catc voices t crickle of tream. Yes: topped.

        to pick up the rifle…

        And found tering a ched his daemon and pulled her away from him.

        But trocious.    about o left and right, looking for her.

        "Keep still," said a voice from t;and be quiet. I ;

        "But, w;

        "My name is Balt; said the voice.

        ill and Lyra folloream into ttle, until ter.

        ttle clearing in t grass and moss-covered rocks. t sting out tting ttle moving spangles and sequins of sunlig everyth gold and silver.

        And it . Only trickle of tream, and tle of leaves tle curl of breeze, broke the silence.

        ill put do dole rucksack. tely alone.

        took off t do tream, dipping t in ter and feeling t invigorate their blood.

        "Im ; ill said.

        "Me too," said Lyra, t, somet s quite sure    was.

        te some bread and casted t baking-stones, and ty and very fresh.

        took one of ttle red fruits. it-beating , suro ;ill..."

        A gently to h.

        S    once    oo joyful to speak. ill at    tremble, and    o h happiness.

        Like toget t, touc ogetoward eacher.

        "Like Mary said," ;you knain, before sook you aold Pan...”

        "I ; s;I ed to tell you t I must    all time: I love you, ill, I love you...”

        t , and    face over and ain, drinking in ion t of    , moist mout tasted of ttle red fruit.

        Around t silence, as if all ts breath.

        Balterrified.

        ream and aging, biting i daemon, and trying to ceal umbling after them.

        c Fat. An angel of gel rong and    ed ill before. rengto fly.

        "Stop, stop," said Fat;Please keep still. I t see you, lets talk, please, dont    my daemon, I beg you...”

        In fact, ting Balttle green to    for a moment, s them closed.

        "t; ;follo to talk to you, and t;

        "But ill I see you? Keep still, dont move so quickly!"

        But moving quickly rying to iginging daemon, tle gully epping from rock to rock.

        take: trying to look be a foot into ter.

        "A; came a ion as Fathe splash.

        Balt at ond    no print appeared on time     do sa a for thers on his hand.

        opped in astonis: ted in    to stumble for felt er al pang wrenc.

        Balt;A little fart to top of talk, I promise."

        "talk op ouc;

        t reply: it oo o trate. o split tention to avoid to see ing his hands.

        As for t, ruly dangerous oppoer tagonist o strike.

        it in mind    umble, and uttered little moans of pain, and pleaded once or to stop, all time cimating her was, how quickly he could move, which way he was looking.

        "Please," ;you dont kno do you any op and talk?"

        to move out of sig t wream began, and    very lig ding.

        Balturned around. t raised o t t time: just a s taking it.

        t quite close enougo reac, trutake anotep or two...

        "Sit do; said Balt;Sit doep closer."

        " do you ?" said Fat moving.

        " do I ? I    to kill you, but I    gt;

        "But are you an angel?"

        " does it matter?"

        "You migake. e mig;

        "No, . I    move. Stay t;

        "Its not too late to repent. Even angels are alloo do t. Let me ;

        "O; cried Balturning away.

        And as , Fat for    t a o save    go of t daemon. tle fle once, and Fat a surge of relief and strengt, it     form of ted so muce t, t    keep    slipped; um carried oream; and ; Balt Barucs    out for support.

        Fat a stone, and un once, but as ried to rise, Balte, iginging tle    t it t it there.

        go. t of tream and laid it carefully on ts    and closing his eyes.

        tood up, sid weary and full of pain.

        "Baruc; ;o truly I died w;

        A moment later, he was gone.

        Iernoon , Mary als voice, and s tell excitement from alarm: ree fallen? he rifle appeared?

        Look! Look! Atal    runk, so Mary took ting it up to the sky.

        tell me s doing! said Atal. I    feel it is different, but I t see.

        terrible flood of Dust in topped flo    still, by any means; Mary sed t ex fart ual movement, but it    flo, if anyt was falling like snowflakes.

        S of trees: t opened up feel t in ts, wly s, and warved for so long.

        tal.

        Mary turned, spyglass in o see ill and Lyra returning. t alking togeto everyt even from a distance.

        S to    ur to . t so be made of living gold. true image of ance.

        t p doars urated    all.
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