red metal t scraped and screec ed like s for eyes, and it left t of earing and biting.

    try fired several ss, and too, but lorek Byrnison merely ss off like raindrops, and lunged forry could escape, and knocked o ted at t, but lorek Byrnison took no more notice of ry to  pa free,  the bear.

    it even ted for  in t appeared bet and t plate over  e fur dimly bety edges of metal. Salaimon instantly fleo t and became a , crouco defend  lorek Byrnison ill, and their fire.

    “lorek!” sone. “Listen! You o, right.

    ell, no. Do as I ask. Dont fig turn around and  you, lorek, you cant stay  come doo t even look back. Farder Coram and Lord Faa, let talking, t all righ me....”

    trys  and aso ted, and  about calming and gentling epped away beside Lyra.

    No one else moved. tcurn a t daemon, and to make room as lorek Byrnison padded  of t Lyras side and made for the harbor.

    see t rose up safely he way.

    ened t ting it clang on tians came out of t sometcs on t of  it in a  a o anyone o ter and slipped into it  a ripple, and vanished.

    “s ony Costa,  voices from treets above, as too the harbor.

    Lyra told him, as clearly as she could.

    “But  left he ground?

    t back, as soons t here!”

    Lyra , too, for around t policemen, and t and ty or ty onlookers, rying to keep up.

    But ing on ting on te knee  pistol Lyra ing at tomache sysselman.

    “Seems to me you aint taken very good care of my friends armor,” ionally