Lyra was awake early.
So ter and Sc co sanislaus Grumman, t explorer; but in o open t to. In fact, serrified. But so do it, o or not, and s o ted t kno. And to be afraid of.
But sing, in t little bedroom facing t streaming tcalaimon nuzzling ened! And in real life so see tanislaus Grumman, and o open t in errified.
er , but all it said a head.
S of range boy, but s to.
Instead, s doo tcried to make an omelette, and ty minutes later s do a table on t and ate tty t pride ts of shell.
Sh sleep.
quot;I can make omelette,quot; s;Ill make you some if you like.quot;
e and said, quot;No, Ill ill some milk in ts all rig ;
Sco a bohing else shed never seen before.
side and said, quot;If you dont come from t ;
quot;Over a bridge. My fat kno , I t eating berries and stuff I found. t cliff back t;
Sured be t rising in a great series of cliffs t disappeared into tance.
quot;And o least to eat and beds to sleep in. e didnt knoo do next.quot;
quot;You sure t anot of your ;
quot;Course. t my for certain.quot;
ill remembered e certainty, on seeing tc it in his world, and he nodded.
quot;So t least t are joined on,quot; he said.
quot;t; Lyra said. quot;told me. chs daemon.
No one can count no one could get from one to anot;
quot; about t;
quot;I dunno about t. Maybe all tarting to move into one anot;
quot;And ;
S ;I migell you sometime,quot; she said.
quot;All rig o look for it?quot;
quot;Im going to find a Sc it.quot;
quot;, any sc;
quot;No. An experimental t; s;In my Oxford, t it.
Stands to reason itll be to Jordan College first, because Jordan ones.quot;
quot;I never al t; he said.
quot;t elementary particles and fundamental forces,quot; s;And anbaromagnetism, stuff like t. Atomcraft.quot;
quot;-magnetism?quot;
quot;Anbaromagnetism. Like anbaric. ts,quot; sing up at tal streetlig;t;
quot;e call tric.quot;
quot;Electric ... ts like electrum. ts a kind of stone, a je of gum from bees.
ts in it, sometimes.quot;
quot;You mean amber,quot; ;Anbar...quot;
And eac moment for a long time afterward.
quot;ell, electromagnetism,quot; on, looking a;Sounds like scientists, not t;
quot;A; s;Ill find quot;em.quot;
t tering placidly on t , because botions; but t, tohe casino gardens.
Botartled. It .
ill said to Lyra quietly, quot;;t count. I never seen anyone. t everyw;
But treets leading doo ts, and both had red hair.
t a table.
Pantalaimon co a mouse and ran up Lyras arm to t of .
them had a dsmon visible.
t a table nearby.
quot;You from Cigazze?quot; the girl said.
ill shook his head.
quot;From SantElia?quot;
quot;No,quot; said Lyra. quot;ere from somew;
this was a reasonable reply.
quot;s ; said ill. quot;;
t;Didnt ters come to your city?quot; she said.
quot;No,quot; ill said. quot;e just got kno Specters. is ty called?quot;
quot;Cigazze,quot; t;Cittagazze, all rig;
quot;Cittagazze,quot; Lyra repeated. quot;Cigazze. o leave?quot;
quot;Because of ters,quot; t;s your name?quot;
quot;Lyra. And s yours?quot;
quot;Angelica. My brot;
quot;;
quot;Up torm and everyone ty ers, so t come back. But ters, all riger, but .quot;
quot;Us and tullio,quot; said little Paolo proudly.
quot;ullio?quot;
Angelica now.
quot;Our big brot; s;ill ;
quot;—quot; Paolo began, but Angelica smacked once, pressing ogether.
quot; did you say about ty?quot; said ill. quot;Its full of Specters?quot;
quot;YeaElia, all cities. ters go w;
quot;incer,quot; said ill.
quot;I never . t Specters t;
quot;No. I cant see any ;
quot;Course not!quot; s;You ain gro;
quot;I ain afraid of Specters, all rig; ttle boy said, ting for;
quot;Ent to come back at all?quot; said Lyra.
quot;Yea; said Angelica. quot;ers go some in ty, do w we like, all rig;
quot;But ers o t; ill said.
quot;ell, cs bad to see. t t of t. I dont to be gro first ts ry and look aend it ain it is. Its too late. And no one ain gonna go near t pale and top moving. till alive, but its like ten from inside. You look in t;
turned to .
quot;Me and Paolos going to look for ice creams,quot; s;You to come and find some?quot;
quot;No,quot; said ill, quot; someto do.quot; quot;Good-bye, t; s;Kill ters!quot;
quot;Good-bye,quot; said Lyra.
As soon as Angelica and ttle boy a-laimon appeared from Lyras pocket, -eyed.
o ill, quot;t kno t;
It time ill more startled by t t onis.
quot; alk?quot; ill said. quot;Course t; said Lyra. quot;Did you t a pet?”
ill rubbed ;No,quot; alaimon.
quot;Youre rig kno it.quot;
quot;So ter be careful ; Pantalaimon said.
It range for only a moment, talking to a mouse. t range talking into a telepalking to Lyra. But te; t sometoo. It oo o , once. ill tried to bring s together.
quot;You got to find some ot,quot; o Lyra, quot;before you go into my Oxford.quot;
quot;; subbornly.
quot;Because you cant go and talk to people in my ; t let you near t to look as if you fit in. You got to go about camouflaged. I kno for years. You better listen to me or youll get caug o
it found out. So I dont you giving it a of place or as if you dont belong. 1 got my oo do in Oxford, and if you give me a;
Ser never lied: too. S it.
quot;All rig; she said.
Pantalaimon ing ared back, and t into Lyras pocket.
quot;Good,quot; ;Noo t come from some any gro. e can just come and go and no one11 notice. But in my to do as I say. And t tter and out. e got to be camouflaged everywhere we go.
e got to look as if urally t people dont even notice us. So go and . t clot;
quot;I dunno ; s;I never Jordan, and to after t.quot;
quot;ell, youll just o out,quot; ;as;
quot;; said Lyra, and upstairs. A ferocious rat face glared at he looked back coldly.
Part of ed to t morning exploring ty, and anot trembled y for ill numb task o do. But it o keep busy, so o tside.
took ting case from ote bag and looked at it longingly. As soon as o get to in tucked it under ttress of t in. In t was safe.