TWENTY-THREE - THE BRIDGE TO THE STARS-1
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“I just dont kno to do,” Lyra sobbed. “Its too muc...”
So ting t he bare snow.
“And even if—if Mrs. Coulter got to Roger first, take o Bolvangar, or of vengeance....o ce c t to tear t like t?”
But Pantalaimon tle by little, as torm of fear subsided, so a sense of ened by all means, but herself.
“I could be gained by wis. A final deep so go on.
t by noo tars lay on it like diamonds on velvet. tssimes. Never so brilliant and dramatic; c danced across t, t ot sunlit city, was clear and solid.
t beloo ted o ridges ot and self and far beyond, featureless, lifeless, colorless, and bleak beyond Lyras imagination. to t and ains, great jagged peaks ting so bladelike edges as sars. to t longingly back, to see if sroops; but notirred on t even sure if sained snohe warriors.
Pantalaimon flew o in his owl form.
“t beyond t all ruments, and Roger cant get away—”
And as , t ts life, and t out altoget, for to be full of dark intentions, like ts not yet born.
In the enfolding dark she heard a cry:
“Lyra! Lyra!”
“Im coming!” sumbled upruggling, at trengt ly-gleaming snow.
“Lyra! Lyra!”
“Im nearly there, Roger!”
Pantalaimon ion: lion, ermine, eagle, , aken, a kaleidoscope of forms among t—
“Lyra!”
t, and saw w was happening.
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