The Golden Compass

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The spoon scraped the bottom of the crystal bowl, a sound like a fingernail on slate, as I reached for the last of the roasted quail, the skin crisp and dark as burnt sugar. Across the long mahogany table, Mr. Vane sat with his hands folded, watching me with the patient, blank expression of a man observing a dog fetch a stick. To his left, Mrs. Alderley adjusted her diamond choker, the stones...

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