They were pretty tired by now of course; but not what I’d call bitterl…

C. S. Lewis
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They were pretty tired by now of course; but not what I’d call bitterly tired – only slow and feeling very dreamy and tired as one does when one is coming to the end of a long day in the open. ✨ C. S. LEWIS (1950). THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
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