` You ca n't possibly do that , ' said the Rose : ' I should advise you to walk the other way . ' This sounded nonsense to Alice , so she said nothing , but set off at once towards the Red Queen . To her surprise , she lost sight of her in a moment , and found herself walking in at the front-door again . A little provoked , she drew back , and after looking everywhere for the queen -LRB- whom she spied out at last , a long way off -RRB- , she thought she would try the plan , this time , of walking in the opposite direction . It succeeded beautifully . She had not been walking a minute before she found herself face to face with the Red Queen , and full in sight of the hill she had been so long aiming at . ` Where do you come from ? ' said the Red Queen . ` And where are you going ? Look up , speak nicely , and do n't twiddle your fingers all the time . ' Alice attended to all these directions , and explained , as well as she could , that she had lost her way . ' I do n't know what you mean by YOUR way , ' said the Queen : ` all the ways about here belong to ME -- but why did you come out here at all ? ' she added in a kinder tone . ` Curtsey while you 're thinking what to say , it saves time . ' Alice wondered a little at this , but she was too much in awe of the Queen to disbelieve it . ` I 'll try it when I go home , ' she thought to herself , ` the next time I 'm a little late for dinner . ' ` It 's time for you to answer now , ' the Queen said , looking at her watch : ` open your mouth a LITTLE wider when you speak , and always say `` your Majesty . '' ' ' I only wanted to see what the garden was like , your Majesty -- ' ` That 's right , ' said the Queen , patting her on the head , which Alice did n't like at all , ` though , when you say `` garden , '' -- I 'VE seen gardens , compared with which this would be a wilderness . ' Alice did n't dare to argue the point , but went on : ' -- and I thought I 'd try and find my way to the top of that hill -- ' ` When you say `` hill , '' ' the Queen interrupted , ' I could show you hills , in comparison with which you 'd call that a valley . ' ` No , I should n't , ' said Alice , surprised into contradicting her at last : ' a hill CA N'T be a valley , you know .
That would be nonsense -- ' The Red XXXXX shook her head , ` You may call it `` nonsense '' if you like , ' she said , ` but I 'VE heard nonsense , compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary ! '
Alice CA Curtsey Queen Rose minute nonsense nothing right wilderness