it. You meant te, didnt you? I see noell me ell me you rying to preserve Dust? You could old me trut;

    quot;I ed you to come and join me,quot; , quot;and I t you ;

    quot;Yes,quot; s;ts .quot;

    S sit still, but s really rengto stand up. For a moment s faint,  almost at once ilessly tuation had changed.

    quot;Asriel...quot; she murmured.

    t a tentative  to toucc a elmaria didnt move; er.

    quot;O ; Mrs. Coulter said again. quot;Is t;

    hing.

    Moving like someone in a dream, s to , picked up t lay in t for ol; and  t moment tsteps running up tairs.

    Boturned to look at the orderly who came in and said

    breathlessly:

    quot;Excuse me, my lord, t far from tern gate, in ts, try tried to talk to t t come near. It e or so ago...quot;

    Lord Asriel sat up, transfigured. All tigue . o  and seized coat.

    Ignoring Mrs. Coulter,  around o the orderly:

    quot;tell Madame Oxentiel at once. Put t: t to be tened, or frig...quot;

    Mrs. Coulter  airs. steps oo, tle side.

    le and complex as it y-five years of life.

    quot;Very ; s;I cant see any ot;

    once o , and t, and tly left tairs.