Mrs. Coulter turned back to ter on ove, he boil.

    Crouco it, tirred it briskly, counting in ill five minutes ook tove and sat doo  for to cool.

    Around  from trom , and so on. tougaining various instruments; and tol in a er.

    tion cooled rapidly in t  blood , s carefully into a metal beaker and carried it to th her.

    Mrs. Coulter placed t beside to seize Pantalaimon if he woke up.

    Lyras o stir: Mrs. Coulter  ter her.

    Sed trands of ed and sly; Pantalaimon moved a little closer to . t Lyras daemon, and tle black fingers tc the

    sleeping bag.

    A look from Mrs. Coulter, and  go and moved back a ly lifted er so t  tering, heavy.

    quot;Roger,quot; s;Roger... ;

    quot;S; ;s;

    ilted it to let a drop moisten tongue sensed it and moved to lick ter let a little more of trickle into Lyras moutting her swallow each sip before allowing her more.

    It took several minutes, but eventually ty, and Mrs. Coulter laid er down again. As soon as Lyras alaimon moved back around . hey were deeply asleep again.

    tly to t once more cer dipped a flannel in a basin of cold er and mopped Lyras face, and tened t. took a comb and gently teased out tangles in Lyras  back from ing it neatly.

    S t Ama : some flat loaves of bread, a cake of compressed tea, some sticky rice  ime to build tains  niginder, set truck a matc o tc, and so ove; s keep t day and night from now on.

    ented.  like o express urned empt in every l