Chapter Sixteen, The Intention Craft Summary

Mrs. Coulter is Lord Asriel's prisoner. She is tied to a chair and her daemon is in chains. As Mrs. Coulter talks about how much she misses Lyra, how much she loves her, Asriel berates her for her weakness. When his commanders, King Ogunwe and Lord Roke come for a council, he allows her to stay. King Ogunwe explains that they killed seventeen Swiss Guards and suffered only minor wounds and damage to people and equipment, and that the Gallivespians stayed with Will and Lyra. The two small spies were, however, their eyes and ears in the Magisterium. Mrs. Coulter interrupts the conference to say that she has been very close to the Magisterium. At first Ogunwe does not want her in the council, but Mrs. Coulter claims that she is now the enemy of...