And thereupon he forked out what he delicately
called "The Wherewithal" ("Which sounded like a sort of mackintosh,"
said Alice afterwards), for they couldn't have afforded it themselves.
"You're still young enough to take presents," said Uncle Edward. And
indeed Alice was very pleased, and saw that the hem was left wide
enough to let down several times. And here she is; the dress is kept
for these occasions.
Here she is in a low little chair, sitting with her basket of knitting
beside her on one side of a simply painted grey and black proscenium,
across which, masking the little stage, blue curtains hang in folds.
"The blue," said Miss Alice when she ordered them, "must be the colour
of Blue-eyed Mary." The silly shopman did not know the flower. "Blue
sky then," said Alice, "it's the blue that all skies seem to be when
you're really happy under them." "Reckitt's blue is what you want," the
shopman said, when nothing seemed to do. Yes; and a very good blue that
is--by lamplight.
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