First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like
the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the
corners: 🔊 next the ten courtiers; these were ornamented all over with
diamonds, and walked two and two, as the soldiers did. 🔊 After these came
the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came
jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented
with hearts. 🔊 Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among
them Alice recognised the White Rabbit: 🔊 it was talking in a hurried
nervous manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without
noticing her. 🔊 Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King’s
crown on a crimson velvet cushion; 🔊 and, last of all this grand
procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS. 🔊
Alice was rather doubtful whether she ought not to lie down on her face
like the three gardeners, but she could not remember ever having heard