John Constable Wivenhoe Park EssexJohn Constable Weymouth BayJohn William Waterhouse Destiny 1900
, I see. How did you find Dr. Malone?"
'"Cause my father's a physicist, and he knows her."
It was going more easily now, she thought. She began to relax into it and lie more fluently.
"And she showed you what she was working on, did she?"
"Yeah. The engine with the screen… Yes, all that."
"You're interested in that sort of thing, so on?"
"Yeah. Physics, especially."
"You going to be a scientist when you grow up?"
That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got. He wasn't disconcerted. His pale eyes looked briefly at the young woman, and then back to Lyra.
"And Malone?"
"Not in the same way. He can do some things better, but that engine with the words on the screen—he hasn't got one of those."were you surprised at what Dr. Malone showed you?""Well, sort of, but I knew what to expect""Because of your father?""Yeah. 'Cause he's doing the same kind of work.""Yes, quite. Do you understand it?""Some of it.""Your father's looking into dark matter, then?""Yes.""Has he got as far as Dr.
"Is Will staying with your friends as well?"
"Yes, he—"
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