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The villager who'd brought the lantern had retreated a few yards, and called down to them.
Iorek Byrnison interpreted: "He says you must pay for that fish."
Lyra felt like telling the bear to kill him, but she said, "We're taking the child away for them. They can afford to give one fish to pay for that."

I haven't even made it into the story proper yet; am still on the Chronology of author's life that Everyman's Library editions have, and I'm already amused. From the year 1952, when Philip Pullman was 6 years old:
"Learned to read. Travelled by sea and rail to Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), where father was posted. Caught exchanging certain forbidden information with little girl. Punished. Learned to smoke." 😂