quot;And t folly or ;

    quot;test ;

    tell me again o find tle knife, and ;

    quot;tell  ask is.quot;

    quot;And ts a task t includes protecting Lyra,quot; t reminded him.

    quot;It ect all of us.quot;

    ty  of sighem.

    Lee cruments. till gyrating loosely, but timeter ioning accurately, as far as o be floating about a t above t. Some y of ballast.

    But tle c . er felt it too, and flicked up urned  one gold-ed on his face.

    ucked  of , and opened telescope again.

    No,  mistaken. Far to t ion ting in t sance made it impossible to see any details, but ther balloon was larger, and flying higher.

    Grumman  too.

    quot;Enemies, Mr. Scoresby?quot; o peer into t.

    quot;t be a doubt. Im uncertain  and go o catcay lo t a zeppelin; t, Dr. Grumman, Im going  balloon Id  t.quot;

    er do to jettison t. t once, and Lee kept telescope to his eye.

    And a minute later ain ted, for tir of movement in tself into a line of smoke streaking up and a an angle from t ance up, it burst into a flare. It blazed deep red for a moment and to a patc it ocsin in t.

    quot;Can you summon a stiffer breeze, Dr. Grumman?quot; said Lee. quot;Id like to make tfall.quot;

    For taking t over a y or forty miles across. A range of  , Lee sa t more trutains.

    urned to Grumman, but found rance. t stood out on ly back and fort, and , equally entranced.

    And  of gaining  or ir to c sohe hills.

    But t moved tl