` Is that all ? ' Alice timidly asked . ` That 's all , ' said Humpty Dumpty . ` Good-bye . ' This was rather sudden , Alice thought : but , after such a VERY strong hint that she ought to be going , she felt that it would hardly be civil to stay . So she got up , and held out her hand . ` Good-bye , till we meet again ! ' she said as cheerfully as she could . ' I should n't know you again if we DID meet , ' Humpty Dumpty replied in a discontented tone , giving her one of his fingers to shake ; ` you 're so exactly like other people . ' ` The face is what one goes by , generally , ' Alice remarked in a thoughtful tone . ` That 's just what I complain of , ' said Humpty Dumpty . ` Your face is the same as everybody has -- the two eyes , so -- ' -LRB- marking their places in the air with this thumb -RRB- ` nose in the middle , mouth under . It 's always the same . Now if you had the two eyes on the same side of the nose , for instance -- or the mouth at the top -- that would be SOME help . ' ` It would n't look nice , ' Alice objected . But Humpty Dumpty only shut his eyes and said ` Wait till you 've tried . ' Alice waited a minute to see if he would speak again , but as he never opened his eyes or took any further notice of her , she said ` Good-bye ! ' once more , and , getting no answer to this , she quietly walked away : but she could n't help saying to herself as she went , ` Of all the unsatisfactory -- ' -LRB- she repeated this aloud , as it was a great comfort to have such a long word to say -RRB- ` of all the unsatisfactory people I EVER met -- ' She never finished the sentence , for at this moment a heavy crash shook the forest from end to end . CHAPTER VII . The Lion and the Unicorn The next moment soldiers came running through the wood , at first in twos and threes , then ten or twenty together , and at last in such crowds that they seemed to fill the whole forest .
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