Frank and the Northern Lights. Chapter 4 - The Alethiometer.

4. The Aletbiometer

The Master introduced her to some attendees and a woman. After that the woman, called Mrs Coulter, asked Lyra to sit next to her and Lyra accepted her request because she was curious about her. Mrs Coulter seemed to be skilled at getting on with any children. Lyra had talked with her for the whole dinner. All of what she said was so interesting for Lyra and Lyra told her about most of her life too.

After having dinner, the Master talked with Lyra about her future. He said that it was time to leave Jordan College and she needed guidance but she resisted his intention at first. So the Master asked her again if she would accept Mrs coulter being her guide. As soon as she heard that, she immediately accepted his proposition. Amazingly, at that moment she seemed to forget about her caution towards the Master and Rodger’s kidnapping.

After extra conversation with Mrs Coulter, she went to bed. At the crack of dawn, Mrs Lonsdale woke her up and requested her to go to the Master in a hurry. She received something like a compass called the Aletbiometer from the Master. Also he said that is would tell the truth and she wasn’t to show it to Mrs Coulter. And he tried to tell her about her uncle but he couldn’t do that because of being interrupted.

After that, she left Oxford with Mrs Coulter and faced her first night in London. Later that night in her bed she tried to solve the question about the Aletbiometer but she couldn’t find the answer.