Summary

Chapter 5, “Back on This Side of the Door”

When Lucy and Edmund find Susan and Peter again (the latter two thinking again that only moments had passed), Lucy happily tells them that she and Edmund had both been to the land beyond the wardrobe. But Edmund, who has always had a nasty streak in him, says they both had just been playing. Lucy runs off in tears, and Peter speaks angrily to Edmund. Dismayed at how badly his plan to humiliate Lucy has gone, Edmund becomes quiet. The next day, Peter and Susan visit the Professor to ask his advice about what to do about Lucy. The Professor dismisses their suggestion that Lucy is going mad and makes them realize that of Edmund and Lucy, the latter is more likely to tell the truth. When Peter questions whether what Lucy is saying...