After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming. It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid-gloves in one hand and large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, “ Oh ! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! Would n’t she be savage if I’ve kept her waiting!” Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one: so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, “ If you please, Sir—”
The Rabbit started violently, dropped the