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"Well,"saidSusan,"ingeneral,I’dsaythesameasPeter,butthiscouldn’tbetrue-allthisaboutthewoodandtheFaun."
"ThatismorethanIknow,"saidtheProfessor,"andachargeoflyingagainstsomeonewhomyouhavealwaysfoundtruthfulisaveryseriousthing;averyseriousthingindeed."
"Wewereafraiditmightn’tevenbelying,"saidSusan;"wethoughttheremightbesomethingwrongwithLucy."
"Madness,youmean?"saidtheProfessorquitecoolly."Oh,youcanmakeyourmindseasyaboutthat.Onehasonlytolookatherandtalktohertoseethatsheisnotmad."
"Butthen,"saidSusan,andstopped.Shehadneverdreamedthatagrown-upwouldtalkliketheProfessoranddidn’tknowwhattothink.
"Logic!"saidtheProfessorhalftohimself."Whydon’ttheyteachlogicattheseschools?Thereareonlythreepossibilities.Eitheryoursisteristellinglies,orsheismad,orsheistellingthetruth.Youknowshedoesn’ttellliesanditisobviousthatsheisnotmadForthemomentthenandunlessanyfurtherevidenceturnsup,wemustassumethatsheistellingthetruth."
Susanlookedathimveryhardandwasquitesurefromtheexpressiononhisfacethathewasnomakingfunofthem.
"Buthowcoulditbetrue,sir?"saidPeter.
"Whydoyousaythat?"askedtheProfessor.
"Well,foronething,"saidPeter,"ifitwastruewhydoesn’teveryonefindthiscountryeverytimetheygotothewardrobe?Imean,therewasnothingtherewhenwelooked;evenLucydidn’tpretendthewas."
