“Oh, yes,” said Lyra. “Im safe from everyone here. Where I used to live, in Oxford, there was all kinds of dangerous things. There was gyptians—they take kids and sell em to the Turks for slaves. And on Port Meadow at the full moon theres a werewolf that es out from the old nunnery at Godstow. I heard him howling once. And theres the Gobblers....”
“Thats what I mean,” the man said. “Thats what they call the Oblation Board, dont they?”
Lyra felt Pantalaimon tremble suddenly, but he was on his best behavior. The daemons of the two grownups, a cat and a butterfly, dido notice.
“Gobblers?” said the young woman. “What a peculiar name! Why do they call them Gobblers?”
Lyra was about to tell her one of the bloodcurdling stories shed made up thten the Oxford kids with, but the man was already speaking.
“From the initials, dyou see? General Oblation Board. Very old idea, as a matter of fact. In the Middle Ages, parents would give their children to ……（内容加载失败！）
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