ng  o ter on tiles belohe sill.

    quot;Greetings, Lyra,quot; ;Serafina Pekkala cant come to ters—a ing up over t you see t;

    quot;No! e cant see em at all!quot;

    quot;Already  one c risk any more. Can you get do;

    quot;If  ;

    quot;Enougrouble coming, and bigger. Get do you can and trees.quot;

    tiles to tter. It   le slope a Lyra jumped and trying to protect ing badly. railed beried to roll it up, t his side.

    quot;Lyra, w; Kaisa said.

    quot;Its ill. ;

    quot;ers avoiding you?quot; tly to ill.

    By time ill  kno see them.

    No, !quot; And ood up, struck by a t. quot;; ; one?quot;

    ten paces a; said t;t  to come any closer, ts obvious.quot;

    ill took out t direction, and h surprise.

    But ill couldnt do  t a caken aback not so mucounding gracefulness, ty of  so far from being young.

    quot;Your name is ill?quot; she said.

    quot;Yes, but—quot;

    quot;ers afraid of you?quot;

    quot;Because of t one? tell me! I  to kill it!quot;

    But Lyra came running before tch could answer.

    quot;Serafina Pekkala!quot; scig tc loud, and kissed top of ;O? e o kill us—did you see t o die and—o Id never see

    you again!quot;

    Serafina Pekkala looked over Lyras o ering a little  ill.

    quot;Noen,quot; s;t far a. ters  follo see us s a ;

    And so to c figures rees.

    quot;Oll be all rig Serafina Pekkalas ; said Lyra. quot;I never t Id see  at t time, didnt s like b