HisDarkMaterials02TheSubtleKnife

CONTENTS Title Page ONE The Cat and the Hornbeam Trees TWO Among the Witches THREE A Children’s World FOUR Trepanning FIVE Airmail Paper SIX Lighted Fliers SEVEN The Rolls-Royce EIGHT The Tower of the Angels NINE Theft TEN The Shaman ELEVEN The Belvedere TWELVE Screen Language THIRTEEN Æsahættr FOURTEEN Alamo Gulch FIFTEEN Bloodmoss About the Author Also by Philip Pullman Copyright Page Then he found the catch of the compartment and clicked it open, and there, just as he’d known it would be, was the leather writing case. And now what could he do? He crouched in the dimness, heart pounding, listening hard. The two men were in the hall downstairs. He heard one of them say quietly, “Come on. I can hear the milkman down the road.” “It’s not here, though,” said the other voice. “We’ll have to look upstairs.” “Go on, then. Don’t hang about.” Will braced himself as he heard the quiet creak of the top step. The man was making no noise at all, but he couldn’t help the creak if he wasn’t expecting it. Then there was a pause. A very thin beam of flashlight swept along the floor outside. Will saw it through the c......