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42 THE RABBIT SENDS
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!” And Alice was so much frightened that
she ran off at once in the direction it pointed
to, without trying to explain the mistake that
it had made.
“He took me for his housemaid,’ she said
to herself as she ran. “ How surprised he'll be
when he finds out who | am! But Id better
take him his fan and gloves—that is, if I can
find them.” As she said this, she came upon a
neat little house, on the door of which was a
bright brass plate with the name “ W. RABBIT”
engraved upon it. She went in without knock¬
ing, and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest
she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be