ill said, " t;

        t in t, urned around, and ill and Lyra sat in talaimon a mouse nohed in Lyras hands.

        "Someoo ter," said Sir Charles.

        "Unfortunately for all of us, ter is in my possession, and t;

        " t ot;

        "I kno you dont.    else ? I am a good deal older and siderably better informed. t; ttagazze to do so all time."

        "You ent from t all!" said Lyra suddenly. "Youre from t you?"

        And again came t strange     certain shed seen him before.

        "No, Im not," he said.

        ill said, "If    to get t man, o kno    going to just give it to us, is ;

        "Certainly not. Its ters as not going to be easy by any means."

        "ters are afraid of t;

        "Very muc;

        "taly gro;

        "You doo kno no doesnt matter. Lyra," Sir ing to ;tell me about your remarkable friend."

        Pantalaimon. And as soon as , ill realized t too, and t Sir e from Lyras alaimon to put track: so    realize t ill had seen his own daemon.

        Lyra lifted Pantalaimon close to , and ,    Sir Ch red eyes.

        "You    supposed to see ; s; got daemons in t you le."

        "If t ent to be represented by a scarab, so am I," ;ell, youre from yet aing. Is t eal it on your travels?"

        "I ," said Lyra furiously. "ter of Jordan College in my ave it to me. Its mine by rig knoo do , you stupid, stinky old man; youd never read it in a s just a toy to you. But I , and so does ill. ell get it back, dont ;

        "ell see," said Sir C;t you out ;

        "No," said ill, because ;You t e into Cigazze because of ters, so it doesnt matter if you knoo;

        "As you o pick you up."

        till to a .

        As t out, Sir Co ill, "By t get t boto return. e to my    it and Ill call t once    is illiam Parry, isnt it? Yes, I t so.

        to of you in todays paper."

        And the car pulled away. ill eechless.

        Lyra s all rig; s; tell anyone else.    already if o. e on."

        ten minutes later tood in ttle square at t of toold    topped still i, tormented again by t     e clear.

        "I didnt    to tell ; Lyra said quietly, "but I sa nig noise...."

        " did ;

        "Young,    old at all. But I sa top, over ttlements. I t    be... You remember Angelid Paolo, and Paolo said to ty as elling us, as if it ? ell, I t it mig be after t it. I ts t place."

        "Mmm," ;Maybe."

        Salking earlier t m. No coalaimon y. Maybe t tering around    sunlight, whispering anxiously.

        "; s;t any cs our fault. e got to make it right, and

        t; ill o t, folloo t and t building, and ill    dooo, looking up, getting topped under a    tory level and said to Panta-laimon, " you fly up t;

        ond set off.    reac. Lyra gasped and gave a little cry hs like someone rescued from drowning. ill frowned, puzzled.

        "Its ; s;;

        "Sorry. Did you see anyt; ;Stairs," said Pantalaimon. "Stairs and dark rooms. the young man.

        ;

        "Dang?"

        "Moving to and fro,    sa;

        "Figer?" Lyra guessed. But t guess aer, so toopped ain (once again Pantalaimon fleo look); and to to, like frowning eyes.

        "ell o go in t, t; said ill. eps and pushe door wide.

        Sunligru, and took a step or t in fartones uries, and t a fligeps going do far enougo see t it opened into a    one end, ; but t up to trance o her lips, looking up.

        "I    ; s;alking to ;

        ill listeoo: a loerrupted occasionally by a    cry of anger. It sounded like the voice of a madman.

        ill ble    off to climb taircase. It eps as ones: far too solid to creak underfoot. t diminision    ened, climbed t, and t of ing, rsteps. It came from a room across tood ajar.

        ill tiptoed to it and pus open another few inches so he could see.

        It ered on taining badly preserved volumes orted y tables, and ot back higgledy-piggledy.

        In ter of talaimon ly like t. o to one side, to time     of acles. In t    a special-looking knife, just a dull blade about eig it for side, jab up and down, all

        in ty air.

        o turn, and ill    a fio o Lyra, and led o tairs and up to t floor.

        "s ; she whispered.

        as well as he could.

        "; said Lyra. "Is ;

        "Yes. Red ainly looks mad. I dont knos look farto ;

        S question, but let aircase to top story. It e-painted fligeps led up to to a ructure like a little green t of teps t it was abs.

        And as tood they heard a groan from above.

        toalaimon artled t    once from a cat to a bird and fleo Lyras breast. ill and Lyra realized as    t go slowly.

        "Better go and see," ill ."

        "I ougo go first," s;seeing its my fault."

        "Seeing its your fault, you got to do as I say."

        Sed    fell in behind him.

        o t in tructure    ur and stepped out quickly, o keep t of his eyes.

        tle-mented parapet. tructure    in ter, and tly dooter i, one for rainer.

        Lying oered, and one eye    closer, ied behind him.

        ried to turo shield himself.

        "Its all rig; said ill quietly. "e arent going to    you. Did t;

        "Mmm," ted. "Lets undo t tied it very ; It ted, and it fell a. to get up and took o t "; ill said. "e didnt t;

        "Giao Paradisi," ttered teet;I am the bearer. No one else.

        t young man stole it from me. take risks like t for t te. o kill me."

        "No, ," Lyra said. "s ts t mean?"

        "I le knife on be;

        "airs," said ill. "e came up past    see us.    about in t;

        trying to cut t succeed. ; "atc," Lyra said.

        ill turo ttle , but to ood up    and whipped

        around to face them.

        Immediately Pantalaimon became a bear and reared up on     be able to touly tared for a sed, but ill sa    really registered it. tted, , and tes of he pupils.

        And    all. ill stepped up to jump    of the way.

        t , rig, ing closer and closer, making ill back aill rapped in to.

        Lyra oed for as o t: agonist tumbled backedly, falling over Lyra to craso t o be frig ime to see t oo t a first, a o butter. It plunged as far as t and stopped suddenly.

        And ted over and reac at once, but ill flung o fig scy of occasion for it, oter    t of a sc    to gain points for style but to force your eo give in, o    someone else, too, and    t not many people o it; but    he was.

        So t unfamiliar to     foug a nearly gro all costs    keep t up no .

        ill ted o ted and flung    ill ig roared    oo muc ills body, and in the man pulled free.

        ill dropped to ter,     stay tried to stand —and in doing so,     tely on t o t not leg    out iy space; t of him was safe.

        and scrambled to . t    ime to pull it out of to g like a . But s srying for, and    up, he knife in his hand.

        Lyra o one side, alaimon a    h bared, beside her.

        ill faced tly and saime. t: , and he knife was in his hand.

        But ill    her.

        , and noion against t his

        antagonist o squint and blink. Eveer, tructure t refles into    for a moment    blinded.

        o t, a    taken care to aim, and    ected    do and ted away awkwardly.

        ill leaped after ever parts o o top of tairs...

        time t    came do ills feet. ill stamped on it at once,    and tigamped a sed time.

        t go of t once ill kicked it a, luckily for    spun across to rest in tter just beside a drainage o be a surprising amount of blood from some!" sed Lyra, but ill was ready.

        At t o ttered at once, and t too. air it o support it anymore, and it gave way. he fell downward, and mlass fell all around him.

        And ill darted back to tter, and picked up t    and battered, clambered up tep, and saanding above ared urned and fled.

        "A; said ill, sitting do;A;

        Somet noticed it.    o angle of rope    a;Your fingers!" Lyra breat;O;

        tle finger and t to it fell ahe rope.

        rongly from tumps    t great, and a part of ered t    ent, deep , sy w yourself superficially.

        so . Lyra o    up to look at t sick. t ill couldnt see o him.

        "If only    better, ill, I could. Look, Im going to tie t of rope around your arm, to stop t tie it arou to. ill."

        , tation mark on the lead. he laughed.

        "; s;stop t. Get up no some medie, some salve, I dunno    is. You got to e doairs. t ot t ;
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