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Magisterium agent, but is able to continue with difficulty. Lyra is sexually assaulted by some soldiers as she takes a train to Seleukeia. On arrival, she hires a guide, Abdel Ionides, to take her through the desert to the isolated area of ruins known as the Blue Hotel.
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Jordan College's new master, a pharmaceutical executive, tells Lyra that she must give up her rooms. Agents from the Magisterium ransack them but fail to find the rucksack's contents.
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