Would the fall never come to an end? "I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time," said Alice aloud. "I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think." She was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word. Still, it was good practice to say it over.

Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. "Dinah'll miss me very much tonight, I should think." Dinah was the cat. "I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time."
