Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . nly she-must help us to dress up, you know. So the two brothers went off hand-in-handinto the wood, and returned in a minute withtheir arms full of things—such as bolsters,blankets, hearth-rugs, table-cloths, dish-coversand coal-scuttles. I hope youre a goodhand at pinning and tying strings? Tweedle-dum remarked. Every one of these thingshas got to go on, somehow or other. Alice said afterwards she had never seensuch a fuss made about anything in all her life—the way those two bustled about—and thequantity of things they put on—and the tro
Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . nly she-must help us to dress up, you know. So the two brothers went off hand-in-handinto the wood, and returned in a minute withtheir arms full of things—such as bolsters,blankets, hearth-rugs, table-cloths, dish-coversand coal-scuttles. I hope youre a goodhand at pinning and tying strings? Tweedle-dum remarked. Every one of these thingshas got to go on, somehow or other. Alice said afterwards she had never seensuch a fuss made about anything in all her life—the way those two bustled about—and thequantity of things they put on—and the troublethey gave her in tying strings and fastening THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. 69 buttons Really theyll be more like bun-dles of old clothes than anything else, by thetime theyre ready! she said to herself, as shearranged a bolster round the neck of Tweedle-dee, to keep his head from being cut off, ashe said. You know, he added very gravely, itsone of the most serious things that can pos-sibly happen to one in a battle—to get oneshead cut Alice laughed loud: but she managed to turnit into a cough, for fear of hurting his feelings. Do I look very pale? said Tweedledum,coming up to have his helmet tied on. (Hecalled it a helmet, though it certainly lookedmuch more like a saucepan.) Well—yes—a little, Alice replied gently. 70 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. Im very brave, generally, he went onin a low voice: only to-day I happen to havea headache. And Ive got a toothache! said Tweedle-dee, who had overheard the remark. Imfar worse than you! Then youd better not fight to-day, saidAlice, thinking it a good opportunity to makepeace. We must have a bit of a fight, but I dontcare about going on long, said the time now? Tweedledee looked at his watch, and said,Half-past four. Lets fight till six, and then have dinner,said Tweedledum. Very well, the other said, rather sadly:and she can watch us—only youd better notcome very close, he added: I generally hite
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