I'm worse off than I was before. You've upset the milk jug into your plate. MARCH HARE It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited. ALICE Where did they draw the treacle from? HATTER You can draw water out of a water well, so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle well--eh, stupid? ALICE But they were _in_ the well. DORMOUSE Of course they were--well in. They were learning to draw, and they drew all manner of things--everything that begins with an M-- ALICE Why with an M? [Illustration] MARCH HARE Why not? [_ALICE is silent and confused. HATTER pinches DORMOUSE to wake him up._] DORMOUSE [_Wakes with a little shriek and continues._] --that begins with an M, such as mousetraps and the moon and memory and muchness--you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness? HATTER Did you? ALICE Really now you ask me, I don't think-- HATTER Then you shouldn't talk. MARCH HARE No! ALICE [_Rises and walks away._] You are very rude. It's the stupidest tea party I ever was at in all my life-- [_WHITE RABBIT enters carrying a huge envelope with a seal and crown on it._] MARCH HARE and HATTER No room! no room! [_Rabbit pays no attention to them but goes to the house and raps loudly. A footman in livery with a round face and large eyes like a frog and powdered hair opens the door._] WHITE RABBIT For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet. FROG From the Queen. An invitation for the Duchess to play croquet. [_WHITE RABBIT bows and goes out._] MARCH HARE and HATTER [_To WHITE RABBIT._] No room! No room! No room! [_The FROG disappears into the house but leaves the door open. There is a terrible din and many sauce pans fly out._] MARCH HARE She's at it again. HATTER It's perfectly disgusting. MARCH HARE Let's move on. [_The platform moves off with table, chairs, MARCH HARE, HATTER, and DORMOUSE. Meanwhile the FROG has come out again and is sitting near the closed door, staring stupidly at the sky. ALICE goes to the door timidly and knocks._] FROG There's no sort of use in knocking, and that for two reasons: first, because I'm on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they're making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you. ALICE Please then, how am I to get in? FROG There might be some sense in your knocking if we had the door between us. For instance, if you were _inside_, you might knock, and I could let you out, you know. ALICE How am I to get in? FROG I shall sit here, till tomorrow. [_The door opens and a large plate skims out straight at the FROG'S head; it grazes his nose and breaks into pieces._] [_FROG acts as if nothing had happened._] Or next day, maybe. ALICE How am I to get in? FROG _Are_ you to get in at all? That's the first question, you know. ALICE