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anything else, he swung around and placed the alethiometer in a glass-fronted cabinet before locking it and dropping the key in his waistcoat pocket.
"But it isn't yours, Lizzie," he said. "Or Lyra, if that's your name."
"It is mine! It's my alethiometer!"
He shook his me your name was Lizzie. Now I learn it's something else. Frankly, you haven't got a hope of convincing anyone that a precious piece like this belongs to you. I tell you what. Let's call the police."
He turned his head to call for the servant.head, sadly and heavily, as if he were reproaching her and it was a sorrow to him, but he was doing it for her own good. "I think at the very least there's considerable doubt about the matter," he said."But it is hers!" said Will. "Honestly! She's shown it to me! I know it's hers!""You see, I think you'd have to prove that," he said. "I don't have to prove anything, because it's in my possession. It's assumed to be mine. Like all the other items in my collection. I must say, Lyra, I'm surprised to find you so dishonest—""I en't dishonest!" Lyra cried."Oh, but you are. You told