“Nothing is more probable，” said the Professor， taking off his spectacles and beginning to polish them， while he muttered to himself， “I wonder what they do teach them at these schools.”
“But what are we to do？” said Susan. She felt that theconversation was beginning to get off the point.
“My dear young lady，” said the Professor， suddenly looking up with a very sharp expression at both of them， “there is one plan which no one has yet suggested and which is well worth trying.”
“What’s that？” said Susan.
“We might all try minding our own business，” said he. And that was the end of that conversation.
After this， things were a good deal better for Lucy. Peter saw to it that Edmund stopped jeering at her， and neither she nor anyone else felt inclined to talk about the wardrobe at all. It had become a rather alarming subject. And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to an end； but that was not to be.