Frank and the Northern Lights. Chapter 5 (part two). The Cocktail Party.

Anyway, the party started. Lyra was polite, kind, smiling and attractive for everyone. For a while the party was going well although a journalist, who had tried to get gossip from Lyra, was banished by Mrs Coulter. After the event, Pantalaimon whispered to her that the monkey had been spying in their room. She wanted to escape the party hall but unfortunately she had to talk with Lord Borel, the scholar. Lyra thought he might have been related to Mrs Coulter.

After that, she was able to overhear a group of people by chance. Because it seemed their conversation was about her uncle, she went near to them. While eavesdropping on their conversation, Lyra heard her uncle had been imprisoned.

At that moment, she made a decision to escape from Mrs Coulter and the people wrapped in lies and secrets. She returned to her room and started packing her luggage. Fortunately, the Aletbiometer was exactly where she had left it. She couldn’t imagine what would have happened if the monkey had found it. To succeed in escape, she had to be cautious with the monkey. Pantalaimon changed his appearance into a moth and spied outside. Timing was critical and they succeeded in finding the perfect moment like a hole in a needle. They ran into the darkness. Only the darkness could help them now.