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What happened after dinner
"Isay-where’sEdmund?"
Therewasadreadfulpause,andtheneveryonebeganasking"Whosawhimlast?Howlonghashebeenmissing?Isheoutside?andthenallrushedtothedoorandlookedout.Thesnowwasfallingthicklyandsteadily,thegreeniceofthepoolhadvanishedunderathickwhiteblanket,andfromwherethelittlehousestoodinthecentreofthedamyoucouldhardlyseeeitherbank.Outtheywent,plungingwellovertheiranklesintothesoftnewsnow,andwentroundthehouseineverydirection."Edmund!Edmund!"theycalledtilltheywerehoarse.Butthesilentlyfallingsnowseemedtomuffletheirvoicesandtherewasnotevenanechoinanswer.
"Howperfectlydreadful!"saidSusanastheyatlastcamebackindespair."Oh,howIwishwe’dnevercome."
"Whatoneartharewetodo,MrBeaver?"saidPeter.
"Do?"saidMrBeaver,whowasalreadyputtingonhissnow-boots,"do?Wemustbeoffatonce.Wehaven’tamomenttospare!"
"We’dbetterdivideintofoursearchparties,"saidPeter,"andallgoindifferentdirections.Whoeverfindshimmustcomebackhereatonceand-"
"Searchparties,SonofAdam?"saidMrBeaver;"whatfor?"
"Why,tolookforEdmund,ofcourse!"
"There’snopointinlookingforhim,"saidMrBeaver.
"Whatdoyoumean?"saidSusan."Hecan’tbefarawayyet.Andwe’vegottofindhim.Whatdoyoumeanwhenyousaythere’snouselookingforhim?"
