ound tting cramped and uncomfortable in ly t sed outside and not gone in. o be trapped?

    to ting er. Ama could smell tringent flavors as ted out eam. tirring. Ama turned ed sleeper moving, tossing from side to side, throwing an arm across her eyes. She was waking!

    And took no notice!

    S, because s surned back to er. Sion into a beaker and let it stand, and only turned tention to the waking girl.

    Ama could understand none of t sh increasing wonder and suspicion:

    quot;; t;Dont ;

    quot;Roger,quot; t;Serafina! ;

    quot;No one  us,quot; ;Lift yourself and let Mama was;

    Ama cruggling into ried to puso ter and mopped at ers face and body before patting her dry.

    By time to move more quickly.

    quot;  to sleep, No, no! I ! No!quot;

    teely-firm rying to lift Lyras head.

    quot;Be still, dear, be calm, ea...”

    But t and nearly spilled the drink, and cried louder:

    quot;Leave me alone! I  to go! Let me go! ill, ill, help me, oh, help me…”

    tig h.

    quot;I ! You dare toucear your , I ...”

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    But talaimon became a porcupine.

    t go. tuck ser snarled and  t; and before Lyra could gats, t o swallow or choke.

    Ama oo muco  little by little it died ao sleep, enced sleep? Poisoned sleep! Drugged, deceitful sleep!

    Ama sareak of erialize at t as fully co a long, sinuous, snoure  black eyes and black-tipped tail, and laid himself alongsid