Lyra o find t and y never of bed and doairs, and on ter, to see hey were doing.
t s, racing toeps. As t, but took o teps so one of to ter, and tried to climb into t and tipped t over, too, and t toget before han
most of to, and ser, alaimon as a little silver fistering beside o talk to otting in pools of er on tone, ts drying quickly in talaimon o creep into again, frogston.
quot; you going to do cat?quot;
quot;Can you really take t;
quot;;
quot;Your friend, ers?quot;
quot;ill ent afraid of anyt; Lyra said. quot;Norm I. you scared of cats for?quot;
quot;You dont kno cats?quot; t boy said incredulously. quot;Cats, t t. You got to kill every cat you see. te you and put too. And big pard?quot;
S Pantalaimon in ly.
quot;You must ; s;t in t. But me and ill, ers ;
quot;If you cant see em, youre safe,quot; said a boy. quot;You see em, you kno you. ts ;
quot;And t;
quot;Yea; said t a ful of air, cro;I got one no;
quot;t you,quot; one of t;So t.quot;
quot;And ters in t; said Lyra.
quot;Yea; said one boy, but anot;No, time ago. ;
quot;t; said third.
quot;t?quot; said Lyra.
quot;t; said t;My granny said t to punis;
quot;Your granny don kno; said a boy. quot;S a beard, your granny. S, all rig;
quot;s t; Lyra persisted.
quot;You knoorre degU Angeli,quot; said a boy. quot;tone too t place in things.
P ters in.quot;
quot;t ain true,quot; said anotars.quot;
quot;It is! t : taking some metal apart. Lead. o make it into gold. And it and cut it smaller and smaller till o t piece t. So small you couldn see it, even. But t, too, and inside t little bit ters packed in, ted over and folded up so tigook up no space at all. But once it, bam! t, and ts ;
quot;Is to; said Lyra.
quot;No! t; said the girl.
quot;tos ed, t place,quot; said a boy. quot;ts . Ain no kids gonna go in ts scary.quot;
quot;to go in t; said another.
quot;t special magic, or somet; said t;t live t;
quot;But t anyone in to; Lyra said. quot;No gro;
quot;No groy at all!quot;
quot;t.quot;
But s. And ticed liar, s t something.
And suddenly stle Paolo ioned t ullio, oo, and Angelica her?
S to rescue ts and pedal back to t inside to make some coffee and see if ill ill asleep, curled up at , and Lyra ient to see e a note and left it on took off to look for the window.
took led tle square to t before. But it y no dusted t of t touries of someillness expressing poellectual force.
quot;Angels,quot; said Pantalaimon, no on Lyras shoulder.
quot;Maybe Specters,quot; Lyra said.
quot;No! t; ed. quot;Bet ts angels.quot;
quot;S;
t t oak door on its ornate black eps up to it self stood sligo stop Lyra from going in except her own fear.
Siptoed to top of teps and looked tone-flagged muc; but Pantalaimon tering anxiously on as rick on t at Jordan College, and stle eps and out of t sunligree boulevard. And as soon as s straigo to ills Oxford.
Forty minutes later ser; but time srump card quot;You just ask Dr. Malone,quot; sly. quot;ts all you got to do, ask ell you.quot;
ter turned to elepcyingly as tons and spoke into it. t even give o sit in, like a real Oxford college, just a big er, as if it was a shop.
quot;All rig; said ter, turning back. quot;S go anyw;
quot;No, I ,quot; stle girl doing w sold.
At top of tairs, t as sing , it opened and tly beckoning her in.
Sered, puzzled. t tory, it ed.
S;Lyra, they know you came
to see me yesterday—I dont knoer, but I dont like it s going on?quot;
quot;o see you?quot;
quot;I dont kno kno I kne;
quot;Oo ts easy.quot;
quot;But w is going on?”
A side: quot;Dr. Malone? ;
quot;Yes,quot; Dr. Malone called. quot;I s;
to be so anxious, t Lyra, but per used to danger.
tly, and sried to smile her eyes remained hard and suspicious.
quot;; s;Youre Lyra, are you?quot;
quot;Yeas your name?quot;
quot;Im Sergeant Clifford. Come along in.quot;
Lyra t ting as if it s a t. S be ter ed o do, and it tood doubtfully in the doorway.
In tall poe eyebrows. Lyra knew w Scwo was a Scholar.
quot;Come in, Lyra,quot; said Sergeant Clifford again. quot;Its all rigor alters.quot;
quot;; said t;Ive been you from Dr. Malone o ask you a feions, if ts all rig;
quot; sort of questions?quot; she said.
quot;Not,quot; ;Come and sit do;
oanding nearby. Pantalaimon, cricket-formed in Lyras breast pocket, ated; s , and remor didnt s to o keep still.
quot;; said Inspector alters.
If so c s say another.
t to kno once. S of the place ill had come from.
quot;incer,quot; she said.
quot;Youve been in t you, Lyra?quot; said tor. quot; those bruises?
t?quot;
quot;No,quot; said Lyra.
quot;Do you go to sc;
quot;Yeaimes,quot; she added.
quot;S you be at scoday?quot;
S Dr. Malone, and unhappy.
quot;I just came o see Dr. Malone,quot; Lyra said.
quot;Are you staying in Oxford, Lyra? aying?quot;
quot;it; s;Just friends.quot;
quot;s t;
quot;I dont knoly s called. I can find it easy, but I cant remember treet.quot;
quot;;
quot;Just friends of my fat; she said.
quot;O;
quot;Cause my fat, and ;
It o it and lie more fluently.
quot;And s s;
quot;Yea.quot;
quot;Youre interested in t sort of t;
quot;Yea;
quot;You going to be a scientist w;
t sort of question deserved a blank stare, . disconcerted. to Lyra.
quot;And w Dr. Malone s;
quot;ell, sort of, but I kneo expectquot;
quot;Because of your fat;
quot;Yea;
quot;Yes, quite. Do you understand it?quot;
quot;Some of itquot;
quot;Your fato dark matter, t;
quot;Yes.quot;
quot; as far as Dr. Malone?quot;
quot;Not in tter, but t engine got one of t;
quot;Is ill staying ;
quot;Yes, ;
And sopped. S once sake.
So did t in a moment to stop but some tripped and fell, blocking tor. It gave Lyra time to dart out, slam t beilt for tairs.
ts came out of a door, and so talaimon led t fligairs into t as ter put ter calling out quot;Oy! Stop t;
But to lift t to t and catch her.
And be doors so fast, so strong— And t turn! Pantalaimon s he wrong side!
S in fear and turned tle to turn, and got it to move just in time to avoid ter, and a through.
Across tires; into tall buildings, and tions. But s beening!
Into a garden, over a fence, talaimon skimming over, calling to o go; croucsteps came racing past, and s ing, , and so fit; and Pantalaimon said, quot;Back noo t;
So s out of te, into tires squealed on t tree-lined road of tall Victorian he park.
Sopped to gain all of one of t its foot, and s tucked closely in under t.
quot;S; Pantalaimon said. quot;Dr. Malone got in t t;
quot;O; s;I s about ill. I s;
quot;S ; he said severely.
quot;I kno too ...quot;
But s got time to berate alaimon fluttered to ;Look out—be; and immediately co a cricket again and dived into .
Sood, ready to run, and saly to t beside o dart in eition, but t was a face she recognized.
quot;Lizzie,quot; said t;o see you again. Can I give you a lift anyw;
And o make room beside alaimon nipped tton, but s in at once, clutc.
quot;You look as if youre in a ; ; to go?quot;
quot;Up Summerto; s;please.quot;
t t and porong in t from t and moved a all.
quot;So ; t;Did you find out more about t;
quot;Yea; sing to see out of tten atle riumph.
quot;I made some inquiries too,quot; ;An ant friend of mine tells me t t several otion, as hem are very old indeed.
Neandert;
quot;Yeas ; Lyra said, alking about.
quot;And ;
quot; friend?quot; said Lyra, alarmed. old ill too?
quot;taying ;
quot;O;
quot; does s?quot;
quot;O. Sudies dark matter,quot; said Lyra, still not quite in control. In t ell lies t. And somet place it.
quot;Dark matter?quot; ;ing! I sa t in times terious stuff, and nobody kno is! And your friend
is on track of it, is s;
quot;Yes. S about it.quot;
quot;And o do later on, Lizzie? Are you going in for poo?quot; , quot;I mig; said Lyra. quot;It depends.quot;
tly and slohe car down.
quot;ell, o; said t;o be dropped?quot;
quot;O up past t; said Lyra. quot;t;
turn left into Sout, could you, Allan,quot; said the old man.
quot;Very good, sir,quot; said the chauffeur.