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That photogram was taken with a standard silver nitrate emulsion,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Lord Asriel said. "I'd like you to look at another one, taken from the same spot only a minute later, with a new specially prepared emulsion."
He lifted out the first slide and dropped another into the frame. This was much darker; it was as if the moonlight had been filtered out. The horizon was still visible, with the dark shape of the hut and its light snow-covered roof standing out, but the complexity of the instruments was hidden in darkness. But the man had altogether changed: he was bathed in light, and a fountain of glowing particles seemed to be streaming from his upraised hand.
"That light,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said the Chaplain,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "is it going up or coming down?"
"It's coming down," said Lord Asriel, "but it isn't light. It's Dust."
Something in the way he said it made Lyra imagine dust with a capital letter, as if this wasn't ordinary dust. The reaction of the Scholars confirmed her feeling, because Lord Asriel's words caused a sudden collective silence, followed by gasps of incredulity.
"But how-"
"Surely-"
"It can't-"
"Gentlemen,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!" came the voice of the Chaplain. "Let Lord Asriel explain."