Part 3, Chapter 22 Summary

Lyra is awakened by Thorold, who tells her that Lord Asriel took off in a sledge with Roger. "Lord Asriel has a way special to himself of bringing about what he wants, he just has to call for something," says Thorold. Lyra realizes that in her attempt to save Roger, she had betrayed him, by bringing Asriel the one thing he needed to complete his bridge - a child.

Lyra, on Iorek's back and with a group of bears, takes off after Asriel's sledge. The bears stop suddenly, and are attacked by a clan of witches. Soon after, Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin appears and begins firing machine gun rounds at the bears. The bears, who are equipped with a fire thrower, launch flaming rocks toward the zeppelin; a rock connects and the zeppelin, which is filled with gas, explodes. Iorek and Lyra...