said the White Knight , as he came up panting . ' I do n't know , ' Alice said doubtfully . ' I do n't want to be anybody 's prisoner . I want to be a Queen . ' ` So you will , when you 've crossed the next brook , ' said the White Knight . ` I 'll see you safe to the end of the wood -- and then I must go back , you know . That 's the end of my move . ' ` Thank you very much , ' said Alice . ` May I help you off with your helmet ? ' It was evidently more than he could manage by himself ; however , she managed to shake him out of it at last . ` Now one can breathe more easily , ' said the Knight , putting back his shaggy hair with both hands , and turning his gentle face and large mild eyes to Alice . She thought she had never seen such a strange-looking soldier in all her life . He was dressed in tin armour , which seemed to fit him very badly , and he had a queer-shaped little deal box fastened across his shoulder , upside-down , and with the lid hanging open . Alice looked at it with great curiosity . ' I see you 're admiring my little box . ' the Knight said in a friendly tone . ` It 's my own invention -- to keep clothes and sandwiches in . You see I carry it upside-down , so that the rain ca n't get in . ' ` But the things can get OUT , ' Alice gently remarked . ` Do you know the lid 's open ? ' '
I did n't know it , ' the XXXXX said , a shade of vexation passing over his face .
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