Newport Cigarettes--4

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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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 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," said the Chaplain, "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,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 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."