ck.

    quot;ts not enoug; s;e  more t. e ask under tion. e y. e fulfilled tys commands diligently, and for t ake any notice of us, if t into t let t be dispensed y and a task to do, one t  ;

    ted on ttering and raising t a moment later Salmakia leapt up to join t:

    quot;You are quite rigask to do ts important, one t brings task, and its one t only you can do, because you are task o guide ts from to t into they will

    tell you tories as a fair and just payment for t seem rigo you?quot;

    No-Name looked at ers, and t;And o refuse to guide to tell us. If toucion for infants o learn anyt ot guide t.quot;

    quot;t is fair,quot; said Salmakia, and travelers agreed.

    So treaty. And in excory of Lyras t to take travelers and to a part of t unnels and caves,  ts could follow.

    But before t, as loudly as a  of a te face, and he cried:

    quot; ill o o us!quot;

    Otook up tion: quot;Yes, tell us o expect! e  go unless ;

    Lyra turned to ill in despair, but ;tell truter, and tell t it says.quot;

    quot;All rig; she said.

    Sook out trument. t once. S it aood up.

    quot;tll ; s;and its true, perfectly true.  of icles t make you up  apart, just like your daemons did. If youve seen people dying, you kno looks like. But your daemons ent just not of everytoms t o trees and t part of everyts exactly o you, I promise on my  apart, its true, but youll be out in t of everyt;

    No one spoke. t, and t , and no one spoke un