Claude Monet Zaandam

Claude Monet ZaandamClaude Monet Woman Seated under the WillowsClaude Monet Water-Lilies 1917
added to Lyra directly. "I'm sure he'd like to meet Mrs. Coulter's protegee....That's him, the man with gray hair and the serpent daemon."
He wanted to get the river, and at this time of night, the lights across on the south bank were glittering brilliantly over their reflections in the black water of the high tide. A line of barges hauled by a tug moved upriver. Adele Starminster sat down and moved along the cushioned seat to make room.rid of Lyra so that he could talk more privately with the young woman; Lyra could tell that easily. But the young woman, it seemed, was still interested in Lyra, and slipped away from the man to talk to her."Stop a minute....What's your name?""Lyra.""I'm Adele Starminster. I'm a journalist. Could I have a quiet word?"Thinking it only natural that people should wish to talk to her, Lyra said simply, "Yes."The woman's butterfly daemon rose into the air, casting about to left and right, and fluttered down to whisper something, at which Adele Starminster said, "Come to the window seat."This was a favorite spot of Lyra's; it overlooked