Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE WHITE KNIGHT1 victory 2bridleoffendeddiscontentedhelmetrelievedinstantlyanxiouslyprisonerrescuedgenerallydoubtfullyvexationdismayencouragedbrandishingevidentlyleisurelyventuredbewildermentAlice sat on the bank of the little brook thinking over her adventures and wondering where she should go next, when her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shouting of, " Ahoy! Ahoy ! Check ! " and a knight, dressed in crimson armor, came galloping down upon her, brandishing a great club. Just as he reached her, the horse stopped suddenly. " You're my prisoner ! " the knight cried, as he tumbled off his horse. Startled as she was, Alice was more frightened for him than for herself at the moment, and watched him with some anxiety as he mounted again. As soon as he was comfortably in the saddle, he began once more, " You're my—" but here another voice broke in, "Ahoy! Ahoy! Check! " and Alice looked round in some surprise for the new enemy. This time it was a White Knight. He drew up at Alice's side, and tumbled off his horse just as the RedKnight had done; then he got on again, and the two Knights sat and looked at each other for some time without speaking. Alice looked from one to the other in some bewilderment. 1 See note on page 259. 2 Find the definition and pronunciation of these words in the vocabulary. " She's my prisoner," the Red Knight said at last. " Yes, but then I came and rescued her! " the White Knight replied. "Well, we must fight for her, then," said the Red Knight as he took up his helmet (which hung from the saddle and was something the shape of a horse's head) and put it on. " You will observe the Rules of Battle, of course," the White Knight remarked, putting on his helmet, too. " I always do," said the Red Knight, and they began banging away ... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.