The Golden Compass
The bill lay on the counter, its ink still wet, listing debts in a column that seemed to stretch into the dark. Julian Baxendale, twelve years old and smelling of lye, stared at the figures. The shopkeeper, a man named Grist who smelled of lavender and old paper, did not look up. He was counting coins into a velvet pouch, a sound like dry bones rattling. Julian placed his copper on the wood. It...
0 Comentários 0 Compartilhamentos 1 Visualizações 0 Anterior