ds before picking out a rag doll  eyes. S s to do, and pressed it absently to .

    “ about my money belt?” so keep my toy in there.”

    “Go on, ter Clara, who was filling in a form on pink paper.

    Lyra c and tied t.

    “ about my coat and boots?” stens and things?”

    “ell omatically.

    telep, Lyra stooped quickly to recover tin, taining t it in ter.

    “Come along, Lizzie,” said tting to eat. I expect youre hungry.”

    Ser Clara to teen, ables icky rings y plates and cutlery acked on a steel trolley. to give an illusion of ligogram sropical beac blue sky and  palms.

    t ing a tray from a serving ch.

    “Eat up,” he said.

    to starve, so se teoes inned peaco folloalked quietly at anotable, and ray away.

    to sit doe. ,  blank and incurious as t sat politely on cening.

    “Now, Lizzie,” en enough?”

    “Yes, thank you.”

    “Id like you to tell me w?”

    “London,” she said.

    “And h?”

    “it , and trying to look as if sears.

    “its  of the world?”

    “trading. e come h a load of New Danish smokeleaf and we was buying furs.”

    “And her by himself?”

    “No. t knoer old him.

    “his, Lizzie?”

    “ Cause two years ago , only  asking hen he did.”

    “And how old are you?”

    “Eleven.”

    “Good, good. ell, Lizzie, youre a lucky little girl. tsmen o t place you could be.”

    “tfully. “t. ts of em and they had arrows....”

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