Peter tur oo Lucy.“I apologize for not believing you,”he said.“I’m sorry.Will you shake hands?”
“Of cour,”said Lucy, and did.
“And now,”said Susan.“what do we do ?”
“Do?”said Peter.“why, go and explore the wood, of cour.”
“I say,”began Edmund prently.“oughtn’t we to be bearing a bit more to the left, that is, if we are aiming for the lamp-post?”He had fotten for the moment that he must pretend o have been in the wood before.The moment the words were out of his mouth he realized that he had given himlf away.Everyoopped; everyoared at him.Peter whistled.
“So you really were here,”he said.“that time Lu said she’d met you in here—and you made out she was telling lies.”
There was a dead silence.“Well, of all the poisonous little beasts—”said Peter, and shrugged his shoulders and said no more.There emed, indeed, no more to say, and prently the four resumed their journey; but Edmund was saying to himlf.“I’ll pay you all out for this, you pack of stuck-up, lf-satisfied prigs.”
Peter tur oo Lucy.“I apologize for not believing you,”he said.“I’m sorry.Will you shake hands?”
“Of cour,”said Lucy, and did.
“And now,”said Susan.“what do we do ?”
“Do?”said Peter.“why, go and explore the wood, of cour.”
“I say,”began Edmund prently.“oughtn’t we to be bearing a bit more to the left, that is, if we are aiming for the lamp-post?”He had fotten for the moment that he must pretend o have been in the wood before.The moment the words were out of his mouth he realized that he had given himlf away.Everyoopped; everyoared at him.Peter whistled.
“So you really were here,”he said.“that time Lu said she’d met you in here—and you made out she was telling lies.”
There was a dead silence.“Well, of all the poisonous little beasts—”said Peter, and shrugged his shoulders and said no more.There emed, indeed, no more to say, and prently the four resumed their journey; but Edmund was saying to himlf.“I’ll pay you all out for this, you pack of stuck-up, lf-satisfied prigs.”
“Where are we going anyway?”said Susan, chiefly for the sake of ging the subject.
“I think Lu ought to be the leader,”said Peter.“goodness knows she derves it.Where will you take us, Lu?”