First t back to to recover and rest and c  ill couldnt go everyy about taking te set of neo cion for to the cafe.

    Lyra put some er on to boil, and ill took it up to tripped to . ting, but at least ts  no cuts could be cleaner; but tumps  sick, and  beat faster,

    and t in turn seemed to make t on times.

    Presently  calmer and set o rying not to make too.

    quot;Youre going to o tie my bandage again,quot; o Lyra. quot;I dont care ig as long as it stops t;

    Sore up a s and  around and around, clamping it doigted eet  ears.  a word, and shing.

    ;t; t;Listen. I  you to take somet come back s only letters. You can read t.quot;

    to took out ting case, and s of airmail paper.

    quot;I  read t;

    quot;I dont mind. Else I  ;

    Sters, and  aside, and fell asleep.

    Mucer t nig ran along beside tree-stagazze side, t gleamed . taken a long time to get to Sir Ctagazze,  stops to cut tion in ills hey were.

    Not  not far beabby cat. S since tone-t sant to leave t t , but  t, and ime ain in ; but ing ied after he woke up was already soaked.

    a  far from te-gleaming villa, and to t lane in on to  exactly o get to tudy er. t  in tudy. Only moonlig tudy window was dark.

    trees to anot t  lig  unobserved into to t t trong iron fence ty.  o tle knife.

    quot; it,quot; ill c ;

    Lyra did as  togeto pass t difficulty. Lyra laid the bushes.

    Once t of tudy facing tly, quot;Im going to cut to Cigazze here,

    and leave to  back to take ter out of t cabinet t o tay co Cigazze and t up again.

    All rig;

    quot;Yea; s;Bot.quot;

    a invisible in trees. ook in every movement.

    ill stood back and  touc delicate movements, until after a minute or so  at ly, opening a o t land of Cigazze, and tood back, estimating eps it ake  o reacudy, and memorizing tion.

    t a hrough and vanished.

    Lyra croucalaimon , silent. Sraffic from on be footsteps of someone going along t tless movement of insects among t .

    A minute  by, and anotrained to look tudy, but it  a dark mullioned square over inside it on t only t morning, and crossed rousers.  in relation to t inside  disturbing anyone in t beating, too.

    talaimon made a soft noise, and at t a different sound came from t of to Lyras left. S see t, but s srees, and sires on gravel, she guessed.

    S  all.

    Salaimon, and ly, as far as urned in to settle on .

    quot;Sir C; ;And t;

    ook off again, and time Lyra folloiptoeing over t eartmost care, crouco look bethe leaves of a laurel.

    tood in front of to to open tood ing, smiling, offering o tting out, and as so vie a blo , t blow since s was er.

    ill stepped carefully across ttagazze, counting udy rying to locate it o tood nearby, stucco-atues and a fountain. And his moon-drenched parkland.

    spot, opped and  ttle invisible gaps  everywhe knife would open a window.

    a small opening first, no bigger t darkness on t see urned ty degrees,

    and opened anotime  of : tains of tudy. But o t? o close t one too, turn try again. time was passing.

    time, udy in t to t!  gleam along t. It couldnt be better.

    imated tance, closed t epped for spot to reac t, take out ter and close the window behind him.

    a  t . t door .  ently at t, from top to bottom.

    ter  there.

    At first ill t  t. ted t morning, and memorized s and velvet-covered ss of porcelain or ivory or gold. Could  of t on top s bulky instrument  of noticing t.

    And on ter, there was a space.

    t cabinet, and ter  there.

    ill stepped back a moment and took a deep breath.

    o go t random ake all nig of t, opened anoto look at t of taken careful stock,  one and opened a larger one be out in a o.

    ally by time, and trailing loose.  around as best ucked t to Sir Cely and crouc ening carefully.

    ood up sloo t t came te enougo see by. ts, tures  morning, undisturbed.

    epped out on t carpet and looked into eacs in turn. It  there.

    Nor  on tly piled books and papers, nor on telpiece among tation cards to t reception, nor on t, nor on tagonal table behe door.

    o tending to try t ation of failure; and as  cruncires on gravel. It  t  , but ood stock-still, straining to listen. It stopped.

    t door open.

    at once to t, next to t opened onto ttagazze. And no sooner  tsteps in t otly running over to see Lyra racing toward him.

    in time to  o  urned.

    quot;I  got it,quot; ;It  t it h him.

    Im going to listen and see if s it back. Stay ;

    quot;No! Its ; s;Ser—my mot  if s— and I know w Mrs.

    Coulters cocktail party, ;

    quot;S stay o make a noise.quot;

    Sered herself, and swallowed hard, and shook her head.

    quot;Sorry. I  to stay ; s;I  to  t;

    quot;;

    Because o touc-tagazze, and seeing railing bandage, Lyra tapped ying it up again.  o do it, croucening hard.

    A ligo t, dismissing o tudy, closing the door.

    quot;May I offer you a glass of tokay?quot; he said.

    A , replied, quot; tasted tokay for many years.quot;

    quot;;

    t glug of inkle of decanter on glass rim, a murmur of ted he sofa, inches away from ill.

    quot;Your good ; ;Noell me .quot;

    quot;I  to knoer.quot;

    quot;;

    quot;Because Lyra , and I  to find ;

    quot;I cant imagine .quot;

    quot;Ill remind you t ser.quot;

    quot;t, because s ed your c by accident.quot;

    quot;here is she?

    quot;Ill tell you, I promise. But you must tell me somet.quot;

    quot;If I can,quot; s tone t ill t migoxicating: soot, musical, and young, too. o kno  be remarkable.

    quot; do you  to kno;

    quot; is Asriel up to?quot;

    ting o say. ill looked back t Lyra, and saing o keep silent and straining to hear, as he was.