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 *der, "I wouldn't have been the messenger for anything!" "But he was very stiff and proud; He said, 'You needn't shout so loud!'

"And he was very proud and stiff; He said, 'I'd go and wake them, if—'

"I took a corkscrew from the shelf; I went to wake them up myself.

"And when I found the door was locked, I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked.

"And when I found the door was shut, I tried to turn the handle, but—"

There was a long pause.

"Is that all?" Alice timidly asked.

"That's all," said Humpty Dumpty. "Good-bye."

This was rather sudden, Alice thought; but, after such a very strong hint that she ought to be going, she felt that it would hardly be civil to stay.