Frank and the Northern Lights Chapter Two

2. The Idea of North

Although the Master’s intention had failed, he tried to control his emotions. As Lord Asriel started his presentation, Lyra started watching the Mater’s actions carefully. Before starting that, Lord Asriel had suggested that the Master moved near the wardrobe in which Lyra had hidden.
Lord Asriel showed the attendees some slides. There were interesting pictures such as the Aurora at the North pole, which Lord Asriel wanted to explore and inspect. However, many of the attendees wondered what really existed there, because Grumman, the explorer who had researched the same subject as Lord Asriel, had vanished for eighteen months and they had already known a little about his pictures.

During his presentation, Lyra was watching the Master’s actions but she couldn’t find anything strange. After that, Lord Asriel showed them the last slide. That was different from earlier ones because the Aurora’s shape was like a city. It seemed to be another world. The last slide was effective because some of scholars started asking him about the Tartars and the Dust. Finally, he was given permission for his expedition.

After all of the events, Lyra told her uncle that she wanted to go to the North. But he rejected her hope strongly. Lyra claimed again that she had the right to know about the Dust, but he didn’t change his word at all due to her young age.

At that time, the Master and his servant were talking about the events. And they talked about Lyra. It was that she would know all about the Dust, she would be an important part of some theories and she would commit a betrayal. All of what he said was mysterious.