When Lucy first enters the world of Narnia, the author states that though she is frightened, she is also inquisitive and excited. Who wouldn't be, having just entered a new world through a wardrobe?
If at this point something bad happened, Lucy would probably run back to the safety of...
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the professor's house, never to return again. However, at the beginning, only good things happen, which increasingly confirms to Lucy that she is in a safe place.
Her new friend Mr. Tumnus is not only charming but also seems more cautious of Lucy than she is of him. When he first sees Lucy, he drops all his parcels and exclaims, "Goodness gracious me." His inoffensive demeanor disarms Lucy, and she sees no problem with going back to his house for tea.
What she must see as her good feeling for people is confirmed to her again when she enters Mr. Tumnus's comfy, neat house and spends an enjoyable evening eating cake and listening to the fawn's stories about Nymphs and Dryads. It is only after she wakes up from a sleep that Mr. Tumnus gives her reason to worry.
Mr. Tumnus tells Lucy that he is one of the White Witch's spies and had planned to hypnotize Lucy and hand her over to the witch. He says that if he had known how nice humans were, he would never have taken her home in the first place. He is so distraught that Lucy forgets her own fear and reaches out to the fawn, saying that as long as he doesn't follow through with the witch's orders, he hasn't done anything wrong.