'
As the Knight sang the last words of the ballad, he gathered up the
reins, and turned his horse's head along the road by which they had
come. `You've only a few yards to go,' he said,' down the hill and
over that little brook, and then you'll be a Queen - -But you'll stay
and see me off first?' he added as Alice turned with an eager look in
the direction to which he pointed. `I shan't be long. You'll wait
and wave your handkerchief when I get to that turn in the road? I
think it'll encourage me, you see.'
`Of course I'll wait,' said Alice: `and thank you very much for
coming so far -- and for the song -- I liked it very much.'
`I hope so,' the Knight said doubtfully: `but you didn't cry so
much as I thought you would.'
So they shook hands, and then the Knight rode slowly away into the
forest. `It won't take long to see him OFF, I expect,' Alice said to
herself, as she stood watching him. `There he goes! Right on his
head as usual! However, he gets on again pretty easily -- that comes
of having so many things hung round the horse -- ' So she went on
talking to herself, as she watched the horse walking leisurely along
the road, and the Knight tumbling off, first on one side and then on
the other.
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