And if you are in a bad temper, nothing is a good thing to say.

To circumvent a dragon and then kill it, and to have such an adventure end in tea with Lucy, was too much.

And he had other reasons for silence too.

And Lucy was silent because she had so much to say that she didn't know where to begin; and besides, she could feel how cross Philip was.

The crowd did not talk because it was not etiquette to talk when taking part in processions.