ide ttering snow.

    Lyra slipped do once and stood bethere was no need for his armor.

    t understand. lorek Byrnison replied in ttle moan of fear.

    “old Lyra. “ shall I say?”

    “tell  devils, but  friends w a crange cell .”

    As soon as t, ted to t, indicating some place further off, and spoke quickly.

    lorek Byrnison said, “o take t. tried to drive it a it keeps coming back.”

    “tell ake it a to treat it like t. ?”

    ticulating fearfully. Lyra  as soon as ened inside  t every window.

    “he child?” she said.

    “In told urned to pad dooty.

    Lyra follo, and here.”

    Lyras  ing so fast so knock at t t ook a deep breato call out, but realized t s knoo say. O ern....

    t  to see ering  rap of reindeer cugged  t binding t. It opened o kick aside t t of t open, and Pantalaimon tering little frightened sounds.

    “Pan, for Gods sake!” s. Go and look for me....”

    But , and  speak eit once,  Jordan o tened tching in silence.

    “Come out,” Lyra said as loud as s!”

    Not a sound came in ansle alaimon leaped up into   form, and said, “Go a stay urn back!”

    trying to ill, sting to , and turned to see a figure ening dorack from tern. o speak, ern and  to s in a tic fox.

    he spoke, and lorek Byrnison said:

    “ its not t kind. . Sometimes times t die. toug it ter for him if he died.”

    “Ask ern,” Lyra said.

    t to  once, nodding vigorously. S o bring it to ood back, ahe bear.