It 's high time you were all in bed ! ' On various pretexts they all moved off , and Alice was soon left alone . ' I wish I had n't mentioned Dinah ! ' she said to herself in a melancholy tone . ` Nobody seems to like her , down here , and I 'm sure she 's the best cat in the world ! Oh , my dear Dinah ! I wonder if I shall ever see you any more ! ' And here poor Alice began to cry again , for she felt very lonely and low-spirited . In a little while , however , she again heard a little pattering of footsteps in the distance , and she looked up eagerly , half hoping that the Mouse had changed his mind , and was coming back to finish his story . CHAPTER IV . The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill It was the White Rabbit , trotting slowly back again , and looking anxiously about as it went , as if it had lost something ; and she heard it muttering to itself ` The Duchess ! The Duchess ! Oh my dear paws ! Oh my fur and whiskers ! She 'll get me executed , as sure as ferrets are ferrets ! Where CAN I have dropped them , I wonder ? ' Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves , and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them , but they were nowhere to be seen -- everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool , and the great hall , with the glass table and the little door , had vanished completely . Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice , as she went hunting about , and called out to her in an angry tone , ` Why , Mary Ann , what ARE you doing out here ? Run home this moment , and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan ! Quick , now ! '
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