SEVENTEEN - THE WITCHES-1
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t least you couldnt see any eyes bes of ts. their jaws.
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tartars ran to stand in a line across trance to ts, te them.
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Or per o clauff out of ownies leaped on him.
Sanding in tanding in the snow.
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“Get em in ther.
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“Come on!” Lyra screamed, and flung te into ts.
treamed after ohe beckoning open dark beyond.
A ed an order, and ts once, and tense silence, and gasping breato be heard.
taking aim. t miss.
But before tartars, and a cry of surprise from another.
Lyra stopped and turned to see a man lying on tc blood, and to left and rig, but to be seen.