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On the floor of the endless plain

Пятница, 25 Марта 2011 г. 13:53 + в цитатник

That is fair, said Salmakia, and the other travelers agreed. But the longer she looked, the more she began to see another kind of motion. Underlying the random drifting was a deeper, slower, universal movement, out from the land toward the sea. There it was. He moved away and felt somewhere else: there it was again. No, they're bound to kill her. If they could, they'd go back to the Garden of Eden and kill Eve before she was tempted. Killing is not difficult for them; Calvin himself ordered the deaths of children; they'd kill her with pomp and ceremony and prayers and lamentations and psalms and hymns, but they would kill her. If she falls into their hands, she's dead already.  Finally, Fra Pavel, said the Inquirer, tell us what you know of the child's present whereabouts. I asked the alethiometer, she told him, and it said we shouldn't try and escape from the little people, because they were going to save our lives. So maybe we're stuck with 'em. He turned around to see the two angels talking closely together, and then they came up to him, humble and awkward, but proud, too. Indeed. But may we. But before she could work it out, the creature had risen, and the group began to move away along the highway, with Mary riding among them. "And I think it was at that party, or it might have been at another one, that we kissed each other for the first time. It was in a garden, and there was the sound of music from inside, and the quiet and the cool among the trees, and I was aching, all my body was aching for him, and I could tell he felt the same, and we were both almost too shy to move. Almost. But one of us did and then without any interval between, it was like a quantum leap, suddenly, we were kissing each other, and oh, it was more than China, it was paradise. "I have no name. I didn't know I was born until I was torn away from his heart.  Then she pressed the plates together and moved them around to spread the oil evenly, and held them a hand span apart once more. Will's left hand was tight around Ama's wrist. Mrs. Coulter got up, fully dressed, lithe, alert, not at all as if she'd just been asleep. Perhaps she'd been awake all the time. She and the golden monkey were crouching inside the cave mouth, watching and listening, as the light from the zeppelins swung from side to side above the treetops and the engines roared, and shouts, male voices warning or calling orders, made it clear that they should move fast, very fast. Soon you will see what it means. But now, Serafina went on, you must listen carefully, because I'm going to tell you what you should do. Would you like something to drink? said Mrs. Coulter. "I'll have some, too. It's quite safe. Look.  Lyra felt a great sob of rage building up in her chest, and stamped her foot, unable to keep still. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. All he could do was point at Will and Lyra.  It wasn't hard to follow you. He looked up, bemused, nervous, and nodded. But she didn't quite have the measure of it yet. The craft hung still for some moments, slightly tilted, before she found the controls to move it forward, and in those few seconds, Lord Asriel did three things. He leapt to his feet; he put up his hand to stop King Ogunwe from ordering the soldiers to fire on the intention craft; and he said, Lord Roke, go with her, if you would be so kind. I propose to send a man to find her and kill her before she can be tempted. And Lyra's not harmed?

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