Jack Vettriano The Perfectionist

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would never have done that to a man she didn't know; so she drew back mentally, wanting above all to honor this friend of Lyra's and not cause him to lose face.
So instead she held out her hand and he shook it, and a current of understanding and respect passed between them, so powerfulsaid, "and you're hungry, the pair of you, you look half-starved."
She turned to the creature by her side and spoke some of those singing, hooting sounds, moving her arm as she did so.
At once the creatures moved away, and some of them brought cushions and rugs from the nearest house and laid them on the firm soil under a tree nearby, whose dense leaves and low-hanging branches gave a cool and fragrant shade. that it became liking at once and each of them felt that they had made a friend, as indeed they had."This is Will," said Lyra, "he's from your world, remember, I told you about him...”"I'm Mary Malone," she