They immediately carried out Susan’s very sensible plan. The coats were rather too big for them so that they came down to their heels and looked more like royal robes than coats when they had put them on. But they all felt a good deal warmer and each thought the others looked better in their new get.up and more suitable to the landscape.
“We can pretend we are Arctic explorers，” said Lucy. “This is going to be exciting enough without pretending，”
said Peter， as he began leading the way forward into the forest. There were heavy， darkish clouds overhead and it looked as if there might be more snow before night.
“I say，” began Edmund presently， “oughtn‘t we to be bearing a bit more to the left， that is， if we are aiming for the lamp.post？” He had forgotten for the moment that he must pretend never to have been in the wood before. The moment the words were out of his mouth he realized that he had given himself away. Everyone stopped； everyone stared at him. Peter whistled.
“So you really were here，” he said， “that time Lu said she’d met you in here.and you made out she was telling lies.”
