Seresting but uncomfortable, very like riding t. lorek Byrnison ly, moving bot time, and rocking from side to side in a steady po sit:

    so ride actively.

    traveling for an iff and sore but deeply opped.

    “Look up,” he said.

    Lyra raised o , for s tears  t of to a pallid trembling glimmer, but tars tered vault, iny black s of t and soutoh.

    “Are they birds?” she said.

    “tche bear.

    “itc are they doing?”

    “Flying to ime.”

    “Do you knoches, lorek?”

    “I  some, too. t to frighten Lord Faa.

    If to the aid of your enemies, you should all be afraid.”

    “Lord Faa  be frig afraid, are you?”

    “Not yet. er t er tell Lord Faa about tc not hem.”

    cil ered again ears of cold, and so tch.

    Finally lorek Byrnison stopped and said, “the village.”

    toer of retc as could be, o be tty s. tes from the place.

    “ do you  to do?” t o stand. iff  so amped until s stronger.

    “t or somet village,” s, I dont knoain. I  to go and find o Lord Faa and t , but t be telling me somet understand.”

    “If side,” said tter er.”

    “I dont t ser ed sometural,  go and look,” she said.

    S off doeadily and not pacing any more. to fully; and t nervously, tlers clasicks. In till air every movement could be heard for a long way.

    As t of to t and left, peering o till far from rising.  flickered under a sno sonis to see a c we bear.

    At ter of ttle village t to tty,  it must  o tack beside ttering snow.

    Lyra slipped do once and stood bethere was no need for his armor.

    t understand. lorek Byrnison replied in ttle moan of fear.

    “old Lyra. “ shall I say?”

    “tell  devils, but  friends w a crange cell .”

    As soon as t, ted to t, indicating some place further off, and spoke quickly.

    lorek Byrnison said, “o take t. tried to drive it a it keeps coming back.”

    “tell ake it a to treat it like t. ?”

    ticulating fearfully. Lyra  as soon as ened inside  t every window.

    “he child?” she said.

    “In told urned to pad dooty.

    Lyra follo, and here.”

    Lyras  ing so fast so knock at t t ook a deep breato call out, but realized t s knoo say. O ern....

    t  to see ering  rap of reindeer cugged  t binding t. It opened o kick aside t t of t open, and Pantalaimon tering little frightened sounds.

    “Pan, for Gods sake!” s. Go and look for me....”

    But , and  speak eit once,  Jordan o tened tching in silence.

    “Come out,” Lyra said as loud as s!”

    Not a sound came in ansle alaimon leaped up into   form, and said, “Go a stay urn back!”

    trying to ill, sting to , and turned to see a figure ening dorack from tern. o speak, ern and  to s in a tic fox.

    he spoke, and lorek Byrnison said:

    “ its not t kind. . Sometimes times t die. toug it ter for him if he died.”

    “Ask ern,” Lyra said.

    t to  once, nodding vigorously. S o bring it to ood back, ahe bear.

    Lyra t suddenly:  it  be. Pantalaimon o tle claws o her anorak.

    Sed tern ook a step into t it  tion Board ure of to make.

    ttle boy ted fisiff as boards. co calaimon,   ; but t was all  all.

    t it a ercision, and this was a severed child.