tress o: just one fligeps up to a set of rooms , and . t room ed t.

    Lord Asriel sat in t totered papers. A napable, and a brazier  tter c. Inside the door,

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    tain o look at: aller t t of Lord Asriels captains treated , for ing in the spurs on his heels.

    It o sit on table, and o repel anyt test courtesy y and malevolent tongue. ies of good spies except, of course, tional smallness: touc they had been of Lord Asriels size.

    quot;Yes,quot; tering like droplets of ink, quot;your c ly I kno;

    Lord Asriel looked at ly, and ttle man kne once t aken advantage of esy: t  o put out a o steady  later Lord Asriels expression uous, just as ers could be, and from then on Lord Roke was more careful.

    quot;No doubt, Lord Roke,quot; said Lord Asriel. quot;But for reasons I dont understand, ttention, and I need to kno ;

    quot;terium is alive ion; one brancigating sometrying to keep its discoveries secret from t. t active brancorial Court of Discipline and ty of t, and,quot; said Lord Roke, quot;I ;

    quot;urned a member of ty, t; said Lord Asriel. quot;I congratulate you. to be impregnable.quot;

    quot;My spy in ty is t; said Lord Roke, quot;a very skillful agent. t ed t tual designed to invoke t tical moment, t of  noe  s;

    Lord Asriel smiled and said, quot;And ;ty t your daug important c a great crisis  te of everyt t point. As for torial Court of Discipline, its  t, nesses from Bolvangar and elseialys, is in to