Sugged at ing ried to respond, but  he

    strength. he could only walk.

    quot;All rig; ; get to trees. too far ao t temple place. If  for long enougo cut ter all.quot;

    Pantalaimon darted ao hlessly, making him pause.

    ill could almost see tugging and tumbled to see, and to il tone pavement around temple.

    ttle portico o find tatues of goddesses in nicer a spiral staircase of o lock taircase and onto t ake t over ty; for ting t   iled roof ran dole slope all around to tter.

    As t, t beanta-lizingly close; and t ty, oo t. ttlements, and ill felt a jolt of sickness as  here.

    But time to take in t to deal oemple, screaming ement. tol and fired ts toemple. they came on again, yelling:

    quot;t;

    quot;Murderers!quot;

    quot;e gonna kill you!quot;

    quot;You got our knife!quot;

    quot;You don come from ;

    quot;You gonna die!quot;

    ill took no notice.  already, and sly cut a small o see  once. Lyra looked too, and fell back in disappointment. ty feet or so in traffic.

    quot;Of course,quot; ill said bitterly, quot;uck. ell o s all.quot;

    Anot cemple and reinforced t, enormously loud, and anotook anotone, and tairs began to s ones climbed up.

    Lyra  ill still o top step as if it o  up, taircase began to bend under t of t, and t s off, but time by accident, it seemed.

    Someone , and time, and ill looked doo see a tangle of er and dust and blood.

    t individual cide. they surg