Tamara de Lempicka Adam and Eve

Tamara de Lempicka Adam and EveWassily Kandinsky Squares with ConcentricPierre-Auguste Cot SpringtimeThomas Cole Kaaterskill Falls
were full now: children running this way and that, vivid with excitement, for the word escape had got around. The oldest were making for the storerooms where the clothing was kept, and herding the younger ones with them. Adults were trying to control it all, and none of them knew what was happening. Shouting, pushing, crying, jostling room was empty. Lyra dragged the locker to the corner, jumped up, hauled the furs out of the ceiling, felt for the alethiometer. It was still there. She tugged the furs on quickly, pulling the hood forward, and then Pantalaimon, a sparrow at the door, called:
"Now!"
She ran out. By luck a group of children who'd already found people were everywhere.Through it all Lyra and Pantalaimon darted like fish, making always for the dormitory, and just as they reached it, there was a dull explosion from behind that shook the building.The other girls had fled: the