Алиса в зазеркалье

           ‘IonlywishIhadsucheyes,’theKingremarkedinafretfultone.‘TobeabletoseeNobody!Andatthatdistance,too!Why,it’sasmuchasIcandotoseerealpeople,bythislight!’

           AllthiswaslostonAlice,whowasstilllookingintentlyalongtheroad,shadinghereyeswithonehand.‘Iseesomebodynow!’sheexclaimedatlast.‘Buthe’scomingveryslowly—andwhatcuriousattitudeshegoesinto!’(Forthemessengerkeptskippingupanddown,andwrigglinglikeaneel,ashecamealong,withhisgreathandsspreadoutlikefansoneachside.)

           ‘Notatall,’saidtheKing.‘He’sanAnglo-SaxonMessenger—andthoseareAnglo-Saxonattitudes.Heonlydoesthemwhenhe’shappy.HisnameisHaigha.’(Hepronounceditsoastorhymewith‘mayor.’)

           ‘IlovemylovewithanH,’Alicecouldn’thelpbeginning,‘becauseheisHappy.IhatehimwithanH,becauseheisHideous.Ifedhimwith—with—withHam-sandwichesandHay.HisnameisHaigha,andhelives—’

           ‘HelivesontheHill,’theKingremarkedsimply,withouttheleastideathathewasjoininginthegame,whileAlicewasstillhesitatingforthenameofatownbeginningwithH.‘TheotherMessenger’scalledHatta.Imusthavetwo,youknow—tocomeandgo.Oncetocome,andonetogo.’

           ‘Ibegyourpardon?’saidAlice.

           ‘Itisn’trespectabletobeg,’saidtheKing.

           ‘IonlymeantthatIdidn’tunderstand,’saidAlice.‘Whyonetocomeandonetogo?’

           ‘Didn’tItellyou?’theKingrepeatedimpatiently.