TINY HANDS WERE CLASPED

[Arthur Neuendorffer]

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ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND : CHAP. V. Advice from a Caterpillar

‘You!’ said the Caterpillar contemptuously. ‘Who are you?’

Which brought them back again to the beginning of the conversation.
Alice felt a little irritated at the Caterpillar’s making such very
short remarks, and she drew herself up and said, very grave{L}y,
‘I think, you ought to tell me wh{O} you are, first.’

‘Why?’ said the Cate{R}pillar.

Here was another puzzl{I}ng question;
and as Alice could {N}ot think of
any good reason, and {A}s the Caterpillar seemed to
be in a very unpleasant state of mind, she turned away.
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. e c o u l d {N} o t t h i n k o f a n y g o o d r e a
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ALICE LIDDELL’S older sister: {LORINA} 26
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Alice was three years younger than {LORINA} and two years older
than {EDITH}, and the 3 sisters were constant childhood companions.
http://aliceinwonderland.wikia.com/wiki/Lorina_Liddell
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<<{LORINA} Liddell was the older sister of Alice Liddell. She accompanied her two younger sisters, Alice and Edith, when Charles Dodgeson (Lewis Carroll) told the original story to them on July 4, 1862. {LORINA} was the inspiration for The Lory in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The relationship between the Liddells and Dodgson suffered a sudden break in June 1863. There was no record of why the rift occurred, since the Liddells never openly spoke of it, and the single page in Dodgson's diary recording 27–29 June 1863 (which seems to cover the period in which it began) was missing. Until recently, the only source for what happened on that day had been speculation, and generally centered on the idea that Alice Liddell was, somehow, the cause of the break. It was long suspected that her mother disapproved of Dodgson's interest in her, seeing him as an unfit companion for an 11-year-old girl.

In 1996, Karoline Leach found what became known as the "Cut pages in diary" document — a note allegedly written by Charles Dodgson's niece, Violet Dodgson, summarizing the missing page from 27–29 June 1863, apparently written before she (or her sister Menella) removed the page. The note reads:

"L.C. learns from Mrs. Liddell that he is supposed to be using the children as a means of paying court to the governess — he is also supposed soon to be courting Ina". (Leach, 1999)

This might imply that the break between Dodgson and the Liddell family was caused by concern over alleged gossip linking Dodgson to the family governess and to "Ina" (Alice's older sister, {LORINA}). In her biography The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, Jenny Woolf suggests that the problem was caused by {LORINA} becoming too attached to Dodgson and not the other way around. Woolf then uses this theory to explain why "Menella [would] remove the page itself, yet keep a note of what was on it." The note, she submits, is a "censored version" of what really happened, intended to prevent {LORINA} from being offended or humiliated at having her feelings for Dodgson made public.>>
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Lewis Carroll presented this poem to "the three Misses Liddell," tucked into
a copy of Catherine Sinclair's Holiday House--as a Christmas present, in 1861.
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. {L}ittle maidens, when you look
. {O}n this little story-book,
. {R}eading with attentive eye
. {I}ts enticing history,
. {N}ever think that hours of play
. {A}re your only HOLIDAY,
.
. [A]nd that in a HOUSE of joy
. [L]essons serve but to annoy:
. [I]f in any HOUSE you find
. [C]hildren of a gentle mind,
. [E]ach the others [PLEAS]ing ever--
. {E}ach the others vexing never--
. {D}aily work and pastime daily
. {I}n their order taking gaily--
. {T}hen be very sure that they
. {H}ave a life of HOLIDAY.
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Dodgson's own drawings of the character in the original manuscript of Alice's
Adventures Under Ground show little resemblance to Liddell. Biographer Anne Clark
suggests that Dodgson might have used {EDITH} Liddell as a model for his drawings.
.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/carroll/ela-1.html
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/carroll/ela-2.html
.
{EDITH}, {LORINA} & [ALICE] Liddell : https://tinyurl.com/y89cb8yg
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. THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS (1871) : (end)

‘Now, Kitty, let’s consider who it was that dreamed it all. This is a serious question, my dear, and you should not go on licking your paw like that—as if Dinah hadn’t washed you this morning! You see, Kitty, it must have been either me or the Red King. He was part of my dream, of course—but then I was part of his dream, too! Was it the Red King, Kitty? You were his wife, my dear, so you ought to know—Oh, Kitty, do help to settle it! I’m sure your paw can wait!’ But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw, and pretend{ED IT H}adn’t heard the question.

Which do you think it was?

{EDITH} 1
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. [A] boat beneath a sunny sky,
. [L]ingering onward dreamily
. [I]n an evening of July—
. [C]hildren three that nestle near,
. [E]ager eye and willing ear,
.
. [P L E A S]ed a simple tale to hear—
. [L]ong has paled that sunny sky:
. [E]choes fade and memories die.
. [A]utumn frosts have slain July.
. [S]till she haunts me, phantomwise,
. [A]lice moving under skies
. [N]ever seen by waking eyes.
. [C]hildren yet, the tale to hear,
. [E]ager eye and willing ear,
.
. [L]ovingly shall nestle near.
. [I]n a Wonderland they lie,
. [D]reaming as the days go by,
. [D]reaming as the summers die:
. [E]ver drifting down the stream—
. [L]ingering in the golden gleam—
. [L]ife, what is it but a dream?
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. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (1865) : (start)
.
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank,
and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her
sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, ‘and what
is the use of a book,’ thought Alice ‘without pictures or conversations?’
.
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot
day made her feel very sle{E}py an{D} stup{I}d), whe{TH}er t{H}e pleasure
of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking
the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
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{EDITH} 5 : Prob. at start ~ 1 in 200
(5 = Edith's age when [ALICE] was 7)
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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS : CHAP. IV. Tweedledum And Tweedledee
.
‘It’s the crow!’
Tw[E]edle{D}um [C]r{I}ed ou{T} [I]n a s{H}ril[L] voice of [A]larm: and
the *TWO BROTHERS* took to their heels and were out of sight in a moment.
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[ALICE] -8
{EDITH} 5
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ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND: CHAP. III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
By Lewis [CARROLL]
.
The first question of course was, how to get dry again: they had a
consultation about this, and [A]fter a few minutes it seemed quite
natural to Alice to find herse[L]f talking familiarly with them, as if
she had known them all her li[F]e. Indeed, she had quite a long argument with
the *LORY*, who at last tu[R]ned sulky, and would only say, ‘*I AM OLDER*
than you, and must know bett[E]r’; and this Alice would not allow without
knowing how old it was, an[D], as the Lory positively
refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.
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. iththeLorywhoatlasttu [R] nedsulkyandwouldonlysayIamoldert
. hanyouandmustknowbett [E] randthisAlicewouldnotallowwithou
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Princess ALICE’S younger brother: [ALFRED] 54
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha
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*ROYAL CHILDREN* [ALICE], [ALFRED], {HELENA}, (LOUISE) & [ARTHUR]:
https://tinyurl.com/y9afl5hk
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CHAP. VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground
.
First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like
the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet
at the corners: next the ten courtiers; these were ornamented all
over with diamonds, and walked two and two, as the soldiers did.
After t{HE}se came the *ROYAL CHILDREN*; there were ten of them, and the
little d{E}ars came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they
were a{L}l ornamented with hearts. Next came the guests, mostly Kings
and Qu{E}ens, and among them Alice recognised the White Rabbit: it was
talki{N}g in a hurried nervous manner, smiling at everything that was
said, {A}nd went by without noticing her. Then followed the Knave of
Hearts, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and,
last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS.
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.
{HELENA} 55
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Helena_of_the_United_Kingdom
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The executioner’s argument was, that you cou(L)dn’t cut off a head
unless there was a body t(O) cut it off from: that he had never
had to do s(U)ch a thing before, and he wasn’t going to beg(I)n
at his time of life.

The King’s argument wa(S), that anything that had a head
could be beh(E)aded, and that you weren’t to talk nonsense.
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.
(LOUISE) 35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Louise,_Duchess_of_Argyll
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An Easter Greeting to every child who loves Alice

The text below was first published in 1876 as a four-page leaflet,
which was inserted into ‘The Hunting of the Snark’. The text was later
incorporated into the People’s Editions of the ‘Alice’ books in 1887.
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DEAR CHILD

Please to fancy, if you can, that you are reading a real letter, from a real
friend whom you have seen, and whose voice you can seem to yourself to hear
wishing you, as I do now with all my heart, a happy Easter.

Do you know that delicious dreamy feeling w{HE}n one first wakes on a summer
morning, with the twitter of birds in th{E} air, and the fresh breeze coming
in at the open window – when, lying lazi{L}y with eyes half-shut, one sees
as in a dream green boughs waving, or wat{E}r rippling in a golden light?
It is a pleasure very near to sadness, bri{N}ging tears to one’s eyes like
a beautiful picture or poem. And is not th{A}t a Mother’s gentle hand that
undraws your curtains, and a Mother’s sweet voice that summons you to rise?
To rise and forget, in the bright sunlight, the ugly dreams that frightened
you so when all was dark – to rise and enjoy another happy day, first
kneeling to thank that unseen Friend, who sends you the beautiful sun?
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.
{HELENA} 57
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ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (end)
By Lewis [CARROLL]

But her sister sat still just as she left her, leaning her head on her hand,
watching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and all her wonderful
Adventures, till she too began dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream:

—First,
she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the *TINY HANDS WERE CLASPED*
clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were [L]ooking up into he{R}s—
s{H}e c{O}ul{D} he{A}r the very tones of her voice, and see that queer [L]ittle toss
of her head to keep back the wandering hair that would always get int[O] her eyes—
and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around he[R]
became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister’s dream.

The long g[R]ass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened
Mouse spl[A]shed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle
of the tea[C]ups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal,
and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution
—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and
dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking
of the Lizard’s slate- pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs,
filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.
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.
[CARROLL] -66 : Prob. (at end) of AAIW ~ 1 in 4400
{RHODA} 3
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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS : CHAP. I. Looking-Glass house
By Lewis [CARROLL]
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It was like this.

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.ebargtuo shtar emom eht dnA

She puzzled over this for some time,
but at l[A]st a b[R]ight [T]houg[H]t str[U]ck he[R].

[ARTHUR] 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn
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‘But oh!’ thought Alice, suddenly
jumping up, ‘if I don’t make haste
I shall have to go back throug{H}
the Looking-glass, before I’ve s{E}en
what the rest of the house is {L}ike!
Let’s have a look at the gard{EN}
first!’ She was out of the room i{N A}
moment, and ran down stairs—or, {A}t
least, it wasn’t exactly running, but
a new invention of hers for getting
down stairs quickly and easily,
as Alice said to herself.
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. L o o k i n g-g l a s s,b e f o r e I’v e s {E} e n w
. h a t t h e r e s t o f t h e h o u s e i s {L} i k e!
. L e t’s h a v e a l o o k a t t h e g a r d {E N} f i
. r s t’S h e w a s o u t o f t h e r o o m i {N A} m o
. m e n t,a n d r a n d o w n s t a i r s—o r, {A} t l e
. a s t,i t w a s n’t e x a c t l y r u n n i n g,
.
{HELENA} 26
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ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND : CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party

‘I vote the young lady tells us a story.’

‘I’m afraid I don’t know one,’ said Alice, rather alarmed at the proposal.

‘T[H]en the Dormouse sh[A]ll!’ they both c[R]ied.
‘Wake up, Do[R]mouse!’ And the[Y] pinched it on both sides at once.
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. u s e s h [A] l l’t h e y
. b o t h c [R] i e d‘W a k
. e u p,D o [R] m o u s e’A
. n d t h e [Y] p i n c h e
. d i t o n b o t h s i d
. e s a t o n c e.
.
[HARRY] 12 : Lewis Carroll's favorite Liddell.
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[HARRY] 12 : Liddell (6 September 1847 – 14 June 1911).
{LORINA} 26 : Charlotte 'Ina' Liddell (11 May 1849 – 29 October 1930).
[ARTHUR] 5 : Charles Liddell (28 December 1850 – 27 November 1853).
[ALICE] Pleasance Liddell (4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934).
{EDITH} 5 : Mary Liddell (Spring, 1854 – 26 June 1876).
{RHODA} 3 : Caroline Anne Liddell (1859 – 19 May 1949).
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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS : CHAP. VIII. ‘It’s my own Invention’
. By Lewis [CARROLL] ([CHARLES] Lutwidge Dodgson)
.
. At this moment her thoughts were interrupted
. by a loud shouting of ‘Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!’ and
. a Knight dressed in [C]rimson armour came
. galloping down upon [H]er, brandishing a great
. club. Just as he re[A]ched her, the horse
. stopped suddenly: ‘You’[R]e my prisoner!’ the
. Knight cried, as he tumb[L]ed off his horse.
. Startled as she was, Alic[E] was more
. frightened for him than for her[S]elf
. at the moment, and watched him with
. some anxiety as he mounted again.
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. untedagain
.
[CHARLES] 34
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‘No, you don’t understand,’ th{E} Knight sai{D}, looking a l{I}ttle vexed.
‘{T}hat’s what t{H}e name is ca{L}led. The *NAME REALLY* is “The Aged Aged Man.”’
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. *N A M E R E A L L Y*
. i s “T h e A g e d A
. g e d M a n.”’
.
{EDITH L.} 10
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Art Neuendorffer