“Yes,” s ty. tier than mine.”

    “s your excuse?”

    “I mustve got ty after I washed.”

    “o get so dirty?”

    S  being on tually said so. “In some of the old rooms,” she said finally.

    “And where else?”

    “In times.”

    “And?”

    “Jeric Meadow.”

    “Nowhere else?”

    “No.”

    “Youre a liar. I saerday.”

    S ching her sardonically.

    “So, you play on t on. “Do you ever go into the library?”

    “No. I found a rook on t on.

    “Did you? Did you catc?”

    “It  foot. I o kill it and roast it but Roger said  better. So  scraps of food and some  got better and flew away.”

    “hos Roger?”

    “My friend. tchen boy.”

    “I see. So youve been all over the roof—”

    “Not all over. You cant get onto to jump up from Pilgrims to t opens onto it, but Im not tall enougo reac.”

    “Youve been all over t t about underground?”

    “Underground?”

    “t. Im surprised you  found t out. ell, Im going in a minute. You look hy enough.

    here.”

    and dre a handful of coins, from which he gave her five gold dollars.

    “ taugo say thank you?” he said.

    “thank you,” she mumbled.

    “Do you obey ter?”

    “Oh, yes.”

    “And respect the Scholars?”

    “Yes.”

    Lord Asriels daemon laugly. It  sound shed made, and Lyra blushed.

    “Go and play, then,” said Lord Asriel.

    Lyra turned and darted to to turn and blurt out a “Goodbye.”

    So Lyras life o iring R