Well!' said Puddleglum, rubbing his hands. 'This is just what I needed. If these chaps don't teach me to take a serious view of life, I don't know what will.
and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed.
It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.