or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea¬
what Latitude was,
 or Longitude either, but thought they were nice¬
grand words to
 say.)

 Presently she began again. `I wonder if I shall¬
fall right
 THROUGH the earth! How funny it'll seem to come¬
out among the
 people that walk with their heads downward! The¬
Antipathies, I
 think--' (she was rather glad there WAS no one¬
listening, this
 time, as it didn't sound at all the right word)¬
`--but I shall
 have to ask them what the name of the country is,¬
you know.
 Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?'¬
(and she tried
 to curtsey as she spoke--fancy CURTSEYING as¬
you're falling
 through the air! Do you think you could manage¬
it?) `And what
 an ignorant little girl she'll think me for¬
asking! No, it'll
 never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written¬
up somewhere.'

 Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do,¬
so Alice soon
 began talking again. `Dinah'll miss me very much¬
to-night, I
 should think!' (Dinah was the cat.) `I hope¬
they'll remember
 her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah my dear! I¬
wish you were