sold him before she killed herself: she had loved John Parry, and he had scorned her.

    quot;itc; Lyra said.

    quot;But if s;

    quot;ell,quot; said Mary, quot;love is ferocious, too.quot;

    quot;But ; said ill. quot;And I can tell  ;

    Lyra, looking at ill, t t if .

    All around t noises of ternoon rickling sucking of ts, tide , so tent of tening under t sun. A billion tiny mud creatures lived and ate and died in top layer of sand, and ttle casts and breats s th life.

    it telling t to tant sea, scanning te sails. But tter ook up t sparkle the shimmering air.

    So gaticular kind of mollusk by finding tubes just above t it hem.

    o ted as many as s .

    Sened to t part of tory. Steadily trusively back to tide urning.

    tory aking a long time; t get to t day. As telling Mary icularly interested in t nature of human beings.

    quot;You kno; s;t I used to belong to,  use t St. Paul talks about spirit and soul and body. So ts in ure isnt so strange.quot;

    quot;But t part is t; ill said. quot;ts  angels cant understand   of ecstasy for to he dead...”

    quot;tell it o it,quot; said Lyra, and s  kno  confused.   trust than shed ever seen on a human face.

    By time to prepare. So Mary left t to cide flooding in, and  to join Atal by t.

    But Mary, sualapi destroyed a village furt, and t before. ttack one and to sea. And anotree fell today ...

    No! here!

    Atal mentioned a grove not far from a  s