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His Dark Materials

Book Two




THE SUBTLE

KNIFE




Philip Pullman




ONE



THE CAT AND

THE HORNBEAM TREES




Will tugged at his mother's hand and said, "Come on, come on..."

But his mother hung back. She was still afraid. Will looked up and down the narrow street in the evening
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light, along the little terrace of houses, each behind its tiny garden and its box hedge, with the sun glaring
off the windows of one side and leaving the other in shadow. There wasn't much time. People would be
having their meal about now, and soon there would be other children around, to stare and comment and
notice. It was dangerous to wait, but all he could do was persuade her, as usual.

"Mum, let's go in and see Mrs. Cooper," he said. "Look, we're nearly there."