NINE - THE SPIES-1
Jacob. ell leave you now.
ell alk wter.”
. Lyra stuck close to ty, because ting.
Farder Coram gave orders for Peter o go at once to Johen said:
“Lyra, as soon as alk about t aleter. You go and occupy yourself elsewhere, child; well send for you.”
Lyra o to sit and to ter. S pleased or proud to be able to read ter— sever po needle sop, it kneelligent being.
“I reckon its a spirit,” Lyra said, and for a moment sempted to ttle to the fen.
“Id see a spirit if talaimon. “Like t old g in Godsto w.”
“t,” said Lyra reprovingly. “You cant see all of em. Any t them, remember.”
“t was only a nig.”
“It . ts all rig. But ss moving t t sort of spirit.”
“It mig be a spirit,” said Pantalaimon stubbornly.
“ell, be?”
“It mig migary particles.” She scoffed.
“It could be!” ed. “You remember t pomill t at Gabriel?
ell, then.”
At Gabriel College t kept on tar of tory, covered (no about it) cloter. S t of tion tercessor lifted to reveal in too distant to see, until ring attaco a ster above, letting a ray of sunligo strike tly. t became clear: a little te on t began to ruck it.
It illustrated a moral lesson, tercessor explained, and on to explain es later Lyra ten t s forgotten ttle , and all done by tons, said to Jordan.
So peralaimon icles could pusomill around, no doubt t it still troubled her.
“Lyra! Lyra!”
It ony Costa, o ty.
“Come over to g