She felt as if she would never be able to talk again , she was getting so much out of breath : and still the Queen cried ` Faster ! Faster ! ' and dragged her along . ` Are we nearly there ? ' Alice managed to pant out at last . ` Nearly there ! ' the Queen repeated . ` Why , we passed it ten minutes ago ! Faster ! ' And they ran on for a time in silence , with the wind whistling in Alice 's ears , and almost blowing her hair off her head , she fancied . ` Now ! Now ! ' cried the Queen . ` Faster ! Faster ! ' And they went so fast that at last they seemed to skim through the air , hardly touching the ground with their feet , till suddenly , just as Alice was getting quite exhausted , they stopped , and she found herself sitting on the ground , breathless and giddy . The Queen propped her up against a tree , and said kindly , ` You may rest a little now . ' Alice looked round her in great surprise . ` Why , I do believe we 've been under this tree the whole time ! Everything 's just as it was ! '
` Of course it is , ' said the XXXXX , ` what would you have it ? '
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