First t back to to recover and rest and c ill couldnt go everyy about taking te set of neo cion for to the cafe.
Lyra put some er on to boil, and ill took it up to tripped to . ting, but at least ts no cuts could be cleaner; but tumps sick, and beat faster,
and t in turn seemed to make t on times.
Presently calmer and set o rying not to make too.
quot;Youre going to o tie my bandage again,quot; o Lyra. quot;I dont care ig as long as it stops t;
Sore up a s and around and around, clamping it doigted eet ears. a word, and shing.
;t; t;Listen. I you to take somet come back s only letters. You can read t.quot;
to took out ting case, and s of airmail paper.
quot;I read t;
quot;I dont mind. Else I ;
Sters, and aside, and fell asleep.
Mucer t nig ran along beside tree-stagazze side, t gleamed . taken a long time to get to Sir Ctagazze, stops to cut tion in ills hey were.
Not not far beabby cat. S since tone-t sant to leave t t , but t, and ime ain in ; but ing ied after he woke up was already soaked.
a far from te-gleaming villa, and to t lane in on to exactly o get to tudy er. t in tudy. Only moonlig tudy window was dark.
trees to anot t lig unobserved into to t t trong iron fence ty. o tle knife.
quot; it,quot; ill c ;
Lyra did as togeto pass t difficulty. Lyra laid the bushes.
Once t of tudy facing tly, quot;Im going to cut to Cigazze here,
and leave to back to take ter out of t cabinet t o tay co Cigazze and t up again.
All rig;
quot;Yea; s;Bot.quot;
a invisible in trees. ook in every movement.
ill stood back and touc delicate movements, until after a minute or so at ly, opening a o t land of Cigazze, and tood back, estimating eps it ake o reacudy, and memorizing tion.
t a hrough and vanished.
Lyra croucalaimon , silent. Sraffic from on be footsteps of someone going along t tless movement of insects among t .
A minute by, and anotrained to look tudy, but it a dark mullioned square over inside it on t only t morning, and crossed rousers. in relation to t inside disturbing anyone in t beating, too.
talaimon made a soft noise, and at t a different sound came from t of to Lyras left. S see t, but s srees, and sires on gravel, she guessed.
S all.
Salaimon, and ly, as far as urned in to settle on .
quot;Sir C; ;And t;
ook off again, and time Lyra folloiptoeing over t eartmost care, crouco look bethe leaves of a laurel.
tood in front of to to open tood ing, smiling, offering o tting out, and as so vie a blo , t blow since s was er.
ill stepped carefully across ttagazze, counting udy rying to locate it o tood nearby, stucco-atues and a fountain. And his moon-drenched parkland.
spot, opped and ttle invisible gaps everywhe knife would open a window.
a small opening first, no bigger t darkness on t see urned ty degrees,
and opened anotime of : tains of tudy. But o t? o close t one too, turn try again. time was passing.
time, udy in t to t! gleam along t. It couldnt be better.
imated tance, closed t epped for spot to reac t, take out ter and close the window behind him.
a t . t door . ently at t, from top to bottom.
ter there.
At first ill t t. ted t morning, and memorized s and velvet-covered ss of porcelain or ivory or gold. Could of t on top s bulky instrument of noticing t.
And on ter, there was a space.
t cabinet, and ter there.
ill stepped back a moment and took a deep breath.
o go t random ake all nig of t, opened anoto look at t of taken careful stock, one and opened a larger one be out in a o.
ally by time, and trailing loose. around as best ucked t to Sir Cely and crouc ening carefully.
ood up sloo t t came te enougo see by. ts, tures morning, undisturbed.
epped out on t carpet and looked into eacs in turn. It there.
Nor on tly piled books and papers, nor on telpiece among tation cards to t reception, nor on t, nor on tagonal table behe door.
o tending to try t ation of failure; and as cruncires on gravel. It t , but ood stock-still, straining to listen. It stopped.
t door open.
at once to t, next to t opened onto ttagazze. And no sooner tsteps in t otly running over to see Lyra racing toward him.
in time to o urned.
quot;I got it,quot; ;It t it h him.
Im going to listen and see if s it back. Stay ;
quot;No! Its ; s;Ser—my mot if s— and I know w Mrs.
Coulters cocktail party, ;
quot;S stay o make a noise.quot;
Sered herself, and swallowed hard, and shook her head.
quot;Sorry. I to stay ; s;I to t;
quot;;
Because o touc-tagazze, and seeing railing bandage, Lyra tapped ying it up again. o do it, croucening hard.
A ligo t, dismissing o tudy, closing the door.
quot;May I offer you a glass of tokay?quot; he said.
A , replied, quot; tasted tokay for many years.quot;
quot;;
t glug of inkle of decanter on glass rim, a murmur of ted he sofa, inches away from ill.
quot;Your good ; ;Noell me .quot;
quot;I to knoer.quot;
quot;;
quot;Because Lyra , and I to find ;
quot;I cant imagine .quot;
quot;Ill remind you t ser.quot;
quot;t, because s ed your c by accident.quot;
quot;here is she?
quot;Ill tell you, I promise. But you must tell me somet.quot;
quot;If I can,quot; s tone t ill t migoxicating: soot, musical, and young, too. o kno be remarkable.
quot; do you to kno;
quot; is Asriel up to?quot;
ting o say. ill looked back t Lyra, and saing o keep silent and straining to hear, as he was.