So they shook hands , and then the Knight rode slowly away into the forest . ` It wo n'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 . After the fourth or fifth tumble he reached the turn , and then she waved her handkerchief to him , and waited till he was out of sight . ' I hope it encouraged him , ' she said , as she turned to run down the hill : ` and now for the last brook , and to be a Queen ! How grand it sounds ! ' A very few steps brought her to the edge of the brook . ` The Eighth Square at last ! ' she cried as she bounded across , * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * and threw herself down to rest on a lawn as soft as moss , with little flower-beds dotted about it here and there . ` Oh , how glad I am to get here ! And what IS this on my head ? ' she exclaimed in a tone of dismay , as she put her hands up to something very heavy , and fitted tight all round her head . ` But how CAN it have got there without my knowing it ? ' she said to herself , as she lifted it off , and set it on her lap to make out what it could possibly be . It was a golden crown . CHAPTER IX . Queen Alice ` Well , this IS grand ! ' said Alice . '
I never expected I should be a XXXXX so soon -- and I 'll tell you what it is , your majesty , ' she went on in a severe tone -LRB- she was always rather fond of scolding herself -RRB- , ` it 'll never do for you to be lolling about on the grass like that !
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