← There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: 🔊
← She is such a dear quiet thing,’ Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the pool, 🔊
← And it’ll fetch things when you throw them, and it’ll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things--I can’t remember half of them-- 🔊
← ‘Speak English!’ said the Eaglet. ‘I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!’ 🔊
← ‘You promised to tell me your history, you know,’ said Alice, ‘and why it is you hate--C and D,’ she added in a whisper, half afraid that it would be offended again. 🔊
← and she looked up eagerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed his mind, and was coming back to finish his story. 🔊
← Alice waited a little, half expecting to see it again, but it did not appear, 🔊
← ‘What fun!’ said the Gryphon, half to itself, half to Alice. 🔊
← ‘What fun!’ said the Gryphon, half to itself, half to Alice. 🔊
← So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality-- 🔊