quot;ill,quot; said Lyra.

    Sly, but artled all tting on t even noticed.

    quot;;

    quot;I found my Sc an engine t can see Dust, and so make it talk—quot;

    quot;I didnt see you coming.quot;

    quot;You  looking,quot; s;You mustve been t somets a good ts easy to fool people. atc;

    trolling to, in te summer ssleeves, ons and t and speaking to them.

    quot;Please, could you tell me o meet our parents t lost.quot;

    t ill, and ill, containing o say, quot;S, , isnt it silly.quot; t;;

    quot;Yea one,quot; said Lyra, and pretended to listen carefully as tructions.

    ill got up and said, quot;t; and oget look back, but t interest.

    quot;See?quot; s;If t em off. Cause t be looking for someone er. I better stay ; s on scoldingly once t;You ent safe on your o;

    o leaden dome, set in a square bounded by one college buildings and a crees above ernoon sun dre tones out of it all, and t ric, almost tself of ill, and in ttle square even traffic noise was hushed.

    S;s tter?quot;

    quot;If you speak to people, you just attract ttention,quot; ;You s keep quiet and still and t all my life. I kno. Your —you make yourself visible. You s do t. You s play at it. Youre not being serious.quot;

    quot;You t; s;You t kno lying and t? Im t liar t I ent lying to you, and I never . Youre in danger, and if I  done t just t. Didnt you see em looking at you? Cause t careful enoug my opinion, its you t ent serious.quot;

    quot;If Im not serious, ing for you y? Ive got my oo do, but Im   tell me Im not serious.quot;

    quot;You o come t; so ocrat. S;You o, else youd never find out anyt your fat for yourself, not for me.quot;

    tely, but in subdued voices, because of t in t nearby. opped altogether.

    o lean against t his face.

    quot; do you kno my fat; ly.

    Sone. quot;I dont knos all I asked about.quot;

    quot;Asked w;

    quot;ter, of course.quot;

    It took a moment for o remember  sook it out of ;All rig;

    And s doone curb around t rument and began to turn t too quickly to see, and to a stop urning to neions just as quickly.

    ill looked around carefully, but to see; a group of tourists looked up at

    t along t, but ttention was elsewhere.

    Lyra blinked and siger a sleep.

    quot;Your mot; sly. quot;But ser ook some letters and ran ahief, and you killed him.

    And youre looking for your fat;

    quot;All rig up,quot; said ill. quot;ts enoug no rigo look into my life like t.

    Dont ever do t again. ts just spying.quot;

    quot;I knoop asking,quot; s;See, ters like a person, almost. I sort of knoo be cross or   me to kno. But   o. And it said ...quot; S;It said you , Good, ts all rigrust. But I didnt ask more t till just no  me to ask any more, I promise I . t like a private peep s spy on people, itd stop  as ;

    quot;You could ead of t t say w;

    quot;No, because I didnt ask.quot;

    tting by time. ill put h weariness.

    quot;ell,quot; ;I suppose rust eac;

    quot;ts all rigrust you.quot;

    ill nodded grimly. ired, and t test possibility of sleep in t usually so perceptive, but somet ering o do; like I did by t the frozen lake.

    quot;And, ill,quot; s;I  give you a to anyone. I promise.quot;

    quot;Good.quot;

    quot;I done t before. I betrayed someone. And it  t I aking  to t dangerous place ted myself for t, for being so stupid. So Ill try very  to be careless or forget and betray you.quot;

    o try and wake himself up.

    quot;e cant go back till mucer,quot; ;e s  any risk anyone seeing. And no to ;

    quot;Im ; Lyra said.

    t;I knoo t;

    quot;t?”

    quot;Ill s some food too.quot;

    ty center, ten minutes o get in, and boug dogs and popcorn and Coke, and t do as the film was beginning.

    Lyra ranced. Sed pograms, but not dog and t at ters on t   conspicuous. ill closed  once and  to sleep.

    ter of seats as people moved out, and blinked in t. cer past eigantly.

    quot;ts t t; s;I dunno  some tter t tter t.quot;

    ill couldnt even remember  ill ligside, and treets were busy.

    quot;Dyou  to see anot;

    quot;Yea;

    So t to t cinema, a few  again.

    Lyra settled do on t,  his mind go blank.

    time, it er.

    Lyra e to her.

    quot;e al doo eat. I never seen people just ing before,quot; sold him.

    quot;t. traffic, for one. I dont like it. I like t. And t Sco make t engine use  knoing on. I bet I could  to give s, too. You kno;

    As told  t scanislaus Grumman in t on and told  of ory, from time sers flat to t  comment, but attentively,  of a voyage in a balloon, of armored bears and castic dream of a beautiful city on ty and silent and safe: it couldnt be true, it .

    But eventually trees. ttle traffic noe or so, no more t. And t  o be all right.

    quot;ait till t; ;Im going t;

    And a moment later rees, and a second or terward Lyra followed.

    t as if t, and t of floer.

    Lyra stretc a great iced  o t now  lig peace.

    And t .

    Somereets beyond thing was screaming.