. Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there . he glasses with treacle andink, Or anything else that is pleasant todrink ; Mix sand with the cider, and ivool withthe wine— And welcome Queen Alice with ninety-times-nine I 13 193 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS Ninety times nine! Alice repeat-ed, in despair. Oh, that 11 never bedone! Id better go in at once. Andin she went, and there was a dead si-lence the moment she appeared. Alice glanced nervously along thetable, as she walked up the large hall,and noticed that there were about fiftyguests of all kinds: some were ani-mals, some birds, an
. Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there . he glasses with treacle andink, Or anything else that is pleasant todrink ; Mix sand with the cider, and ivool withthe wine— And welcome Queen Alice with ninety-times-nine I 13 193 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS Ninety times nine! Alice repeat-ed, in despair. Oh, that 11 never bedone! Id better go in at once. Andin she went, and there was a dead si-lence the moment she appeared. Alice glanced nervously along thetable, as she walked up the large hall,and noticed that there were about fiftyguests of all kinds: some were ani-mals, some birds, and there were evena few flowers among them. Im gladtheyve come without waiting to beasked, she thought; I should neverhave known who were the right peopleto invite! There were three chairs at the headof the table; the Red and White Queenshad already taken two of them, but themiddle one was empty. Alice sat downin it, rather uncomfortable at the si-lence, and longing for some one tospeak. At last the Red Queen began. Youve missed the soup and fish/ 194. The leg of mutton got up in the dish and made a little bow to Alice: ASTOR. LENOXTILDtN FOUNDATIONS QUEEN ALICE she said. Put on the joint! Andthe waiters set a leg of mutton beforeAlice, who looked at it rather anxiously,as she had never had to carve a jointbefore. You look a little shy; let me in-troduce you to that leg of mutton/said the Red Queen. Alice—Mut-ton; Mutton—Alice. The leg of mut-ton got up in the dish and made a littlebow to Alice; and Alice returned thebow, not knowing whether to be fright-ened or amused. May I give you a slice? she said,taking up the knife and fork and look-ing from one Queen to the other. Certainly not/ the Red Queen said,very decidedly; it isnt etiquette tocut any one youve been introduced the joint! And the waiterscarried it off and brought a large plum-pudding in its place. I wont be introduced to the pud-ding, please/ Alice said, rather hastily, 195 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
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