id Cousins, stepping aside. “ters in the drawing room.”

    o t overlooked t of to it, to up tures and ter collected.

    It also lit up ts, and Lyra realized o dine in s were women.

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    Dame . Lyra sely as sroduced to ts, eresting. ter came to t.

    “Mrs. Coulter,” o Mrs.

    Coulter.”

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    Siful and young. her sleek black hair framed her cheeks, and her daemon was a golden monkey.