Herbert James Draper Ulysses and the Sirens

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all right," said Will quietly. "We aren't going to hurt you. Did the man with the knife do this?"
"Mmm," the old man grunted.
"Let's undo the rope. He hasn't tied it very well…" It was clumsily and hastily knotted, and it fell away quickly once Will had . "What's the bearer? What's that mean?"
"I hold the subtle knife on behalf of the Guild. Where has he gone?"
"He's downstairs," said Will. "We came up past him. He didn't see us. He was waving it about in the air."
"Trying to cut through. He won't succeed. When he—"seen how to work it. They helped the old man to get up and took him over to the shade of the parapet."Who are you?" Will said. "We didn't think there were two people here. We thought there was only one.""Giacomo Paradisi," the old man muttered through broken teeth. "I am the bearer. No one else. That young man stole it from me. There are always fools who take risks like that for the sake of the knife. But this one is desperate. He is going to kill me.""No, he en't," Lyra said