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Chapter SeventeenThe Witches Lyra moaned and trembled uncontrollably, just as if she had been pulled out of water so cold that her heart had nearly frozen. Pantalaimon simply lay against…

Chapter SixteenThe Silver Guillotine Lyra ducked her head at once under the shelter of her wolverine hood, and shuffled in through the double doors with the other children. Time enough…

Chapter FifteenThe Daemon Cages It wasn’t Lyra’s way to brood; she was a sanguine and practical child, and besides, she wasn’t imaginative. No one with much imagination would have thought…

Chapter FourteenBolvangar Lights The fact that the gyptians had heard or seen nothing of Mrs. Coulter worried Farder Coram and John Faa more than they let Lyra know; but they…

Chapter ThirteenFencing Her first impulse was to turn and run, or to be sick. A human being with no daemon was like someone without a face, or with their ribs…

Chapter TwelveThe Lost Boy They traveled for several hours and then stopped to eat. While the men were lighting fires and melting snow for water, with lorek Byrnison watching Lee…

Chapter ElevenArmor When they returned to the ship, Farder Coram and John Faa and the other leaders spent a long time in conference in the saloon, and Lyra went to…

Part TwoBolvangar Chapter Ten The Consul And The Bear John Faa and the other leaders had decided that they would make for Trollesund, the main port of Lapland. The witches…

Chapter NineThe Spies Over the next few days, Lyra concocted a dozen plans and dismissed them impatiently; for they all boiled down to stowing away, and how could you stow…

Chapter EightFrustration Lyra had to adjust to her new sense of her own story, and that couldn’t be done in a day. To see Lord Asriel as her father was…

Chapter SevenJohn Faa Now that Lyra had a task in mind, she felt much better. Helping Mrs. Coulter had been all very well, but Pantalaimon was right: she wasn’t really…

Chapter SixThe Throwing Nets She walked quickly away from the river, because the embankment was wide and well lit. There was a tangle of narrow streets between there and the…

Chapter FiveThe Cocktail Party In the days that followed, Lyra went everywhere with Mrs. Coulter, almost as if she were a daemon herself. Mrs. Coulter knew a great many people,…

Chapter FourThe Alethiometer “I hope you’ll sit next to me at dinner,” said Mrs. Coulter, making room for Lyra on the sofa. “I’m not used to the grandeur of a…

Abstract By evaluating the core policies and strategies of the NHS in the United Kingdom one can evaluate if these are aligned to the knowledge management and customer knowledge management…

Chapter ThreeLyra’s Jordan Jordan College was the grandest and richest of all the colleges in Oxford. It was probably the largest, too, though no one knew for certain. The buildings,…

Chapter TwoThe Idea Of North “Master,” said Lord Asriel. “Yes, I’m back. Do bring in your guests; I’ve got something very interesting to show you.” “Lord Asriel,” said the Master…

Into this wild abyss,The womb of nature and perhaps her grave, Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mixed Confusedly, and…

“Stand back.” Mandenauer pointed his gun at Henri’s head.”Old man, you try my patience,” Elise muttered. Confusion swept over his face. “What did I do?” “You can’t shoot someone with…

“Luc!” I shouted, running into the house, skidding across the floor.I didn’t see a body, and I wasn’t sure if that was good or bad. I stopped in the doorway…