← (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) 🔊
← There was no ‘One, two, three, and away,’ but they began running when they liked, and left off when they liked, so that it was not easy to know when the race was over. 🔊
← However, it was over at last, and they sat down again in a ring, and begged the Mouse to tell them something more. 🔊
← By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over, and both the hedgehogs were out of sight: 🔊
← ‘Thank you, it’s a very interesting dance to watch,’ said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last: ‘and I do so like that curious song about the whiting!’ 🔊
← Tell her to begin.’ He looked at the Gryphon as if he thought it had some kind of authority over Alice. 🔊
← The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,) 🔊
← She said this last word two or three times over to herself, being rather proud of it: 🔊
← Alice could see this, as she was near enough to look over their slates; ‘but it doesn’t matter a bit,’ she thought to herself. 🔊
← ‘All right, so far,’ said the King, and he went on muttering over the verses to himself: 🔊