the long grass rustled at her feet as the white rabbit hurried by -- the frightened mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool -- she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the march hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution -- once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the duchess's knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it -- once more the shriek of the gryphon, the squeaking of the lizard's slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable mock turtle.