Хроники Нарнии
Back on this side of the door
"Lookhere,"saidPeter,turningonhimsavagely,"shutup!You’vebeenperfectlybeastlytoLueversinceshestartedthisnonsenseaboutthewardrobe,andnowyougoplayinggameswithheraboutitandsettingheroffagain.Ibelieveyoudiditsimplyoutofspite."
"Butit’sallnonsense,"saidEdmund,verytakenaback.
"Ofcourseit’sallnonsense,"saidPeter,"that’sjustthepoint.Luwasperfectlyallrightwhenwelefthome,butsincewe’vebeendownheresheseemstobeeithergoingqueerintheheadorelseturningintoamostfrightfulliar.Butwhicheveritis,whatgooddoyouthinkyou’lldobyjeeringandnaggingatheronedayandencouragingherthenext?"
"Ithought-Ithought,"saidEdmund;buthecouldn’tthinkofanythingtosay.
"Youdidn’tthinkanythingatall,"saidPeter;"it’sjustspite.You’vealwayslikedbeingbeastlytoanyonesmallerthanyourself;we’veseenthatatschoolbeforenow."
"Dostopit,"saidSusan;"itwon’tmakethingsanybetterhavingarowbetweenyoutwo.Let’sgoandfindLucy."
ItwasnotsurprisingthatwhentheyfoundLucy,agooddeallater,everyonecouldseethatshehadbeencrying.Nothingtheycouldsaytohermadeanydifference.Shestucktoherstoryandsaid:
"Idon’tcarewhatyouthink,andIdon’tcarewhatyousay.YoucantelltheProfessororyoucanwritetoMotheroryoucandoanythingyoulike.IknowI’vemetaFauninthereand-IwishI’dstayedthereandyouareallbeasts,beasts."
