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"Mydearyounglady,"saidtheProfessor,suddenlylookingupwithaverysharpexpressionatbothofthem,"thereisoneplanwhichnoonehasyetsuggestedandwhichiswellworthtrying."
"What’sthat?"saidSusan.
"Wemightalltrymindingourownbusiness,"saidhe.Andthatwastheendofthatconversation.
AfterthisthingswereagooddealbetterforLucy.PetersawtoitthatEdmundstoppedjeeringather,andneithershenoranyoneelsefeltinclinedtotalkaboutthewardrobeatall.Ithadbecomearatheralarmingsubject.Andsoforatimeitlookedasifalltheadventureswerecomingtoanend;butthatwasnottobe.
ThishouseoftheProfessor’s-whichevenheknewsolittleabout-wassooldandfamousthatpeoplefromalloverEnglandusedtocomeandaskpermissiontoseeoverit.Itwasthesortofhousethatismentionedinguidebooksandeveninhistories;andwellitmightbe,forallmannerofstoriesweretoldaboutit,someofthemevenstrangerthantheoneIamtellingyounow.Andwhenpartiesofsightseersarrivedandaskedtoseethehouse,theProfessoralwaysgavethempermission,andMrsMacready,thehousekeeper,showedthemround,tellingthemaboutthepicturesandthearmour,andtherarebooksinthelibrary.MrsMacreadywasnotfondofchildren,anddidnotliketobeinterruptedwhenshewastellingvisitorsallthethingssheknew.ShehadsaidtoSusanandPeteralmostonthefirstmorning(alongwithagoodmanyotherinstructions),"Andpleaserememberyou’retokeepoutofthewaywheneverI’mtakingapartyoverthehouse."
"Justasifanyofuswouldwanttowastehalfthemorningtrailingroundwithacrowdofstrangegrown-ups!"saidEdmund,andtheotherthreethoughtthesame.
