Chapter 6
Pig and PepperFor a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and
wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came
running out of the wood—(she considered him to be a footman because
he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would
have called him a fish)—and rapped loudly at the door with his
knuckles. It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round
face, and large eyes like a frog; and both footmen, Alice noticed,
had powdered hair that curled all over their heads. She felt very
curious to know what it was all about, and crept a little way out
of the wood to listen.
The Fish-Footman began by producing from under his arm a great
letter, nearly as large as himself, and this he handed over to the
other, saying, in a solemn
