looked around.

    Ama ; but Lyra  at t about it.

    ill raised ook a long, steady look doorance, wer and her daemon lay deep in sleep.

    And t sank. tretc in t next to Mrs. Coulter. tlines  seen her.

    ill touced.

    quot;ell just o do it very carefully,quot; he whispered.

    Sometside. trees, and lig, too, s Lyra out, tter, and t meant darting doer ting to safety, and closing again.

    to Ama. She nodded.

    t to move, Mrs. Coulter woke up.

    Sirred and said sometantly to . ill could see te in ttentive, and ter  up, s t outside.

    ills left ig. Mrs. Coulter got up, fully dressed, lit, not at all as if s been asleep. Perime. Scening, as t from to side above treetops and ts, male voices  clear t t, very fast.

    ill squeezed Amas  and darted forcumbled, running fast and low.

    t Lyras side, and salaimon around  carefully, and a second later to pull Lyra to safety…

    But  Mrs. Coulter. Surned around silently, and ted off t  it   all; it   t, and o the ground.

    It was broken.

    No  at all.

    o Ama, quot;ake  no;

    tood up, ready to figrangle t monkey first. ensed to meet its leap, and ill  of t least  to  h.

    But ttack eiter. Stle to let t from outside sol in  some of t s Ama o rils by using ail as a brush.

    ill side: te no sounded familiar, like an intrusion from ter of a er. ts s across trees outside, in a brilliant green scatter of radiance.

    Mrs. Coulter turned briefly as to  to