ast those paws.

    time to parry, precisely at t spot to block.

    Finally sened, and stopped. Sing inside  of breated, and till sat impassive. If s, e unharmed.

    “I bet you could catcs,” sick away. “?”

    “By not being s ricks and deceit as plain as arms and legs. e can see in a en. But you kno tand the symbol reader.”

    “t ent t?” shan when she had seen his anger.

    “It is ts cant read it, as I understand. As I am to ers, so you are to adults he symbol reader.”

    “Yes, I suppose,” s mean Ill forget o do it when I grow up?”

    “hem.

    Per from oto all fours again and  on gnariking in again and so do t ing episode.

    Sed to consult ter t it oo cold, and besides, t ime to move on. Sook tin boxes t lorek Byrnison  ty one back into Farder Corams kit bag, and put t togeter in t . Shey were moving again.

    t opping place, te he air.

    Naturally Lyra o fly urally it  sered ions. “Mr.

    Scoresby, o Svalbard?” “Youd need a dirigible   dare. ? t barest most inable godforsaken dead end of nowhere.”

    “I  ed to go back...” “hed be killed.

    loreks in exile. As soon as  foot tear o pieces.”

    “e your balloon, Mr. Scoresby?” “tc gives off and gradually fill t. to find a ground-gas vent near a fire mine. t of gas under to, and from coal as s not o make gas. But t o use ground gas. A good vent he balloon in an hour.”

    “how many people can you carry?”

    “Six, if I need to.”

    “Could you carry lorek B