ide, some open and some s; and from out of one of ty doorways, men were arpaulin.

    quot; is t?quot; Mrs. Coulter said to the African king, and he replied:

    quot;tention craft.quot;

    Mrs. Coulter  t could mean, and cense curiosity as to take off tarpaulin.

    Sood close to King Ogun;  do?quot;

    quot;ere about to see,quot; said the king.

    It looked like some kind of complex drilling apparatus, or t of a gyropter, or t   least a dozen levers and  of it. It stood on six legs, eaced and sprung at a different angle to t it seemed botic and ungainly; and tself ons, coiled cables, sc ell ructure and , because it  from be of it was hidden in gloom.

    Lord Roke on o it directly, circling above, examining it from all sides. Lord Asriel and t itself, one carrying a clipboard, anoth of cable.

    Mrs. Coulters eyes gazed at t  of it, making sense of its complexity. And as sco t, fastening a leat and sting a  securely on o folloo adjust someto the doorway.

    tention craft moved, ter  sure   as if it  e still, poised range energy on t legs. As s moved again, and t  urning t,

    scanning t busily moving t dial, adjusting t control; and tention craft vanished.

    Some o t op, turning sloo t. t of  y. It simply he air.

    quot;Listen,quot; said King Ogun;to t;

    Surned rained to  moaned around tain, and t t, and t door at some signal topped and ts inguis Mrs. Coulter could ly, ter engines on ts of wind.

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