"
I said it very loud and clear;
I went and shouted in his ear.'
Humpty Dumpty raised his voice almost to a scream as he repeated
this verse, and Alice thought with a shudder, `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 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. So she got up, and held out her hand. `Good-bye,
till we meet again!' she said as cheerfully as she could.
`I shouldn't know you again if we DID meet,' Humpty Dumpty replied
in a discontented tone, giving her one of his fingers to shake;
`you're so exactly like other people.
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