Guido Reni Joseph and Potiphars' Wife

Guido Reni Joseph and Potiphars' WifeFrancois Boucher Shepherd and Shepherdess ReposingFrancois Boucher Brown Odalisk
aeronaut!" she exclaimed. "Where's your balloon? Can I go up in it?"
"It's packed away right now, miss. You must be the famous Lyra. How did you get on with lorek Byrnison?"
"You know himfrom nowhere in his hand. He riffled them with a snapping noise.
"Now I've heard of the card power of your people," Lee Scoresby was saying, cutting and folding the cards over and over with one hand cigar out of his breast pocket with the other, "and I thought you wouldn't object to giving a simple Texan traveler the chance to joust with your skill and daring on the field of pasteboard combat. What do you say, gentlemen?"
Gyptians prided themselves on their ability with cards, and several of the men looked ?""I fought beside him in the Tunguska campaign. Hell, I've known lorek for years. Bears are difficult critters no matter what, but he's a problem, and no mistake. Say, are any of you gentlemen in the mood for ahazard?"A pack of cards had appeared