uctantly, s over to t rapdoor, carrying  toucal rungs.

    Emerging into tory, till lit by t, red ligting sun, giving an illusion of . S  t s it otally . tiled roof rested on transparent iced toget t, complete  draft t reduced its perfection to a more human level.

    A large telescope of gleaming glass and bronze dominated tory, standing triump on a tripod of dark all  observer’s stool stood next to it, and a lectern, a star c still spilled across it. A toe ing carpet lay under all, a carpet t , colorful constellations and hick, richly dyed wool.

    t to ted out tos pallid, Cer-dra .

    Sabriel looked t eye from t-falling sun. e tops of to te an inner quailing about w she would see.

    As s ill there.

    But  so t, Sabriel sensed it , temporarily just an unpleasant statue, a foreground to otive s bustled about in some activity behind.

    Sabriel stared a little longer, t to telescope, narro,  as srated on w was side.

    Unaided, s been certain   t elescope, drawn so close s schem away.

    to a partner’s leg by an iron c in ting presence of t. t of ts or lengtimber, taking teps to the river.

    ts empty, timber left behind.

    Sabriel depressed telescope a little, and almost groion and anger as sogetimber, and ts. As eac o bridge to stepping-stone and locked in place by slaves   o tone.

    ticular part of tion ed by somet lurked eps. A mans of blackest nigte.

    A necromancer’s S t scorned the use of a body.

    As Sabriel