` Now then ! Show your ticket , child ! ' the Guard went on , looking angrily at Alice . And a great many voices all said together -LRB- ` like the chorus of a song , ' thought Alice -RRB- , ` Do n't keep him waiting , child ! Why , his time is worth a thousand pounds a minute ! ' ` I 'm afraid I have n't got one , ' Alice said in a frightened tone : ` there was n't a ticket-office where I came from . ' And again the chorus of voices went on . ` There was n't room for one where she came from . The land there is worth a thousand pounds an inch ! ' ` Do n't make excuses , ' said the Guard : ` you should have bought one from the engine-driver . ' And once more the chorus of voices went on with ` The man that drives the engine . Why , the smoke alone is worth a thousand pounds a puff ! ' Alice thought to herself , ` Then there 's no use in speaking . ' The voices did n't join in this time , as she had n't spoken , but to her great surprise , they all THOUGHT in chorus -LRB- I hope you understand what THINKING IN CHORUS means -- for I must confess that I do n't -RRB- , ` Better say nothing at all . Language is worth a thousand pounds a word ! ' ' I shall dream about a thousand pounds tonight , I know I shall ! ' thought Alice . All this time the Guard was looking at her , first through a telescope , then through a microscope , and then through an opera-glass . At last he said , ` You 're travelling the wrong way , ' and shut up the window and went away . ` So young a child , ' said the gentleman sitting opposite to her -LRB- he was dressed in white paper -RRB- , ` ought to know which way she 's going , even if she does n't know her own name ! '
A Goat , that was sitting next to the gentleman in white , shut his eyes and said in a loud voice , ` She ought to know her way to the XXXXX , even if she does n't know her alphabet ! '
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