Stranica 24 [24]
8 DOWN THE
doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks
were too large, or the. key was too small, but
at any rate it would not open any of them.
However, on the second time round, she came
upon a low
curtain she had
not noticed be¬
fore, and be¬
hind it was
a little door
about fifteen
inches high:
she tried the
little golden’
key in_ the
lock, and to her great delight it fitted !
Alice opened the door and found that it led
into a small passage, not much larger than a
rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the
passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw.
How she longed to get out of that dark hall,
and wander about among those beds of bright