Editing Dick Orchard

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*A [[Dick Orchard's father|father]]
*A [[Dick Orchard's mother|mother]]
*A [[Dick Orchard's grandmother|grandmother]]
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|settledform=A vixen
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{{Quote|His hair was black and curly and glossy; his eyes were large, with brilliant dark irises and clear whites; his features were well defined, his skin healthy and golden; it was the sort of face that would look good in a [[photogram]], nothing blurred or smudged about it; and besides, there was a hint of laughter, or at any rate amusement, behind every expression that flitted over it.|[[Lyra Silvertongue]] describes Dick|The Secret Commonwealth}}
'''Dick Orchard'''<ref name="NL-LS6">{{ref|book|1}}, Lantern Slide 6</ref> was a teenage boy. As a child, he often stood with his friends, smoking at the entrance to the [[Covered Market (Lyra's world)|Covered Market]] in [[Oxford (Lyra's world)|Oxford]]. His [[dæmon]] was called '''Bindi''' and she settled as a vixen.<ref name="TSC4">{{Ref|book|7|4}}</ref> Dick lived on [[Botley Road]].

He did not think that the [[Gobblers]] were real, declaring them to be an invention of the [[gyptian]]s when asked by [[Lyra Belacqua]]. Dick was capable of spitting further than anyone else, for which Lyra admired him greatly.<ref name="NL3">{{ref|book|1|3}}</ref> She had a crush on him and would gaze at him hopelessly at the Covered Market and clumsily kiss her pillow to see what it felt like.<ref name="NL-LS6" /> 

Years later, Lyra and Dick had a passionate relationship but ended up parting although remained friends. Not long after, Lyra met up with Dick, [[Billy Warner]], [[Ellen]] and [[Rachel]] at the [[White Horse]]. When the others had gone, Lyra and Dick talked about the [[Royal Mail Zeppelin Station]], where Dick worked, and Dick told her about the man, [[Benny Morris]], that she saw murdering [[Anthony Hassall]].<ref name="TSC4" />
[[File:TSC11.png|right|thumb|Dick's neckerchief]]
When Lyra's dæmon, Pantalaimon, left her, Lyra remembered Dick telling her about his [[gyptian]] grandfather, [[Giorgio Brabandt]], at the White Horse and how he was in town and so went to his house. At first, Dick was horrified to see her without Pan but then invited her in, offering [[coffee]]. There, they talked and he told her to take his neckerchief, which had a knot in it, to him to show she needed help. Before she left, Lyra kissed him goodbye and told him of smoeone else, [[Malcolm Polstead]], who knew about the murdered man.<ref name="TSC11">{{Ref|book|7|11}}</ref>

As Lyra travelled to the [[Fens]] with Giorgio, Dick went to [[the Trout Inn]] where Malcolm worked and, after asking [[Reg Polstead]] where he was, talked to him. Dick told Malcolm all about what had happened to Lyra and Pan before Malcolm got up to leave, promising to buy Dick a drink when he got back.<ref name="TSC14">{{Ref|book|7|14}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Northern Lights]]''
*''[[The Secret Commonwealth]]''

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