Edward Hopper Summertime

Edward Hopper SummertimeEdward Hopper Night WindowsEdward Hopper Lighthouse Hill
snatched at something in midair, with a snarl of glee.
A voice, a woman's voice, but somehow minute, came from the thing in the monkey's paw:
"Tialys! Tialys!"
It was a tiny woman, no bigger than Lyra's hand, and the monkey was already pulling and pulling at one of her arms so thatto cry out a moment before. He must have stung her ankle.
But the little man couldn't hurt Mrs. Coulter anymore, because of the danger his partner was in at the hands of the monkey; and the monkey couldn't harm her, in case the little man dug his poison spur into Mrs. Coulter's jugular vein. None of them could move.
Breathing deeply and swallowing hard to govern the pain, Mrs. Coulter turned her tear-dashed eyes to Will and said calmly, "So, Master Will, what do you think we should do now?" she cried out in pain. Ama knew he wouldn't stop till he'd torn it off, but Will leapt forward as he saw the pistol fall from Mrs. Coulter's hand.And he caught the gun, but then Mrs. Coulter fell still, and Will became aware of a strange stalemate.The golden monkey and Mrs. Coulter were both utterly motionless. Her face was distorted with pain and fury, but she dared not move, because standing on her shoulder was a tiny man with his heel pressed against her neck, his hands entwined in her hair; and Will, through his astonishment, saw on that heel a glistening horny spur and knew what had caused her