. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . that she knocked himover among the cinders. My precious Lily!My imperial kitten! and she began scramb-ling wildly up the side of the fender. Imperial fiddlestick! said the King, rub-bing his nose, which had been hurt by thefall. He had a right to be a little annoyedwith the Queen, for he was covered withashes from head to foot. Alice was very anxious to be of use, and,as the poor little Lily was nearly screamingherself into a fit, she hastily picked up theQueen and set her on the table by the side ofher noisy little daughter. The Queen
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . that she knocked himover among the cinders. My precious Lily!My imperial kitten! and she began scramb-ling wildly up the side of the fender. Imperial fiddlestick! said the King, rub-bing his nose, which had been hurt by thefall. He had a right to be a little annoyedwith the Queen, for he was covered withashes from head to foot. Alice was very anxious to be of use, and,as the poor little Lily was nearly screamingherself into a fit, she hastily picked up theQueen and set her on the table by the side ofher noisy little daughter. The Queen gasped, and sat down: the rapidjourney through the air had quite taken awayher breath, and for a minute or two shecould do nothing but hug the little Lily insilence. As soon as she had recovered herbreath a little, she called out to the White LOOKING-GLASS HOUSE. 27 King, who was sitting- sulkily among theashes, Mind the volcano ! What volcano ? said the King, lookingup anxiously into the fire, as if he thoughtthat was the most likely place to find Blew- -me--up, panted the Queen, wnowas still a little out of breath. Mind youcome up—the regular \vay--dont get blownup! Alice watched the White King as he slowly 28 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. Struggled up from bar to bar, till at last shesaid, Why, youll be hours and hours gettingto the table, at that rate. Id far better helpyou, hadnt I ? But the King took no noticeof the question: it was quite clear that hecould neither hear her nor see her. So Alice picked him tip very gently, andlifted him across more slowly than she hadlifted the Queen, that she mightnt take hisbreath away: but, before she put him on thetable, she thought she might as well dust hima little, he was so covered with ashes. She said afterwards that she had neverseen in all her life such a face as the Kingmade, when he found himself held in the airby an invisible hand, and being dusted : hewas far too much astonished to cry out, buthis eyes and his mouth w
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