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 about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.

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 a 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! won’t she be savage if I’ve kept her waiting!” Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of