down she camecomeupon a heap of sticks and dry leaves , and the fallfallwas over .
And at last , in its curved and imperceptible fallfall, the sun sanksinklow , and from glowing white changedchangeto a dull red without rays and without heat , as if about to go out suddenly , stricken to death by the touch of that gloom brooding over a crowd of men .
Therefore she diddoas she was toldtell, and diddoit with such nervous hands that her hair ( which was luxuriant and beautiful ) fellfallall about her face .
It gave the little clothing drummer such a startstartthat he actually letlethis cigar fallfallto the sidewalk and wentgooff weakly in the teeth of the windwindto the saloon .
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way , and then dipped suddenly down , so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself fallingfalldown a very deep well .
I was in the utmost astonishment , and roaredroarso loud , that they all ranrunback in a fright ; and some of them , as I was afterwards toldtell, were hurthurtwith the fallsfallthey got by leapingleapfrom my sides upon the ground .
The men fellfallback as he threwthrowhimself on them with his torch and his dagger .
And then suddenly the bitterness of the endless poverty , of the endless acting -- it fellfallon me like a blight , it spoiltspoileverything .
Indeed , Denham properly fellfallto his lot , owing to the fact that an article by Denham upon some legal matter , published by Mr. Hilbery in his Review , had brought them acquainted .
But now that he was enveloped in the old calico robes which had grown yellow in the same service , he was badgedbadgeand ticketedticket, and fellfallinto his place at once -- a parish child -- the orphan of a workhouse -- the humble , half-starved drudge -- to be cuffed and buffeted through the world -- despised by all , and pitied by none .
The crimson light fellfallfull upon the warm and velvet bronze of her face -- her midnight eyes were aglow , her full purple lips apart , her half hid bosom pantingpant, and all the musicmusicdead .
She tooktakedown a jar from one of the shelves as she passedpass; it was labelled ‘ ORANGE MARMALADE ’ , but to her great disappointmentdisappointmentit was empty : she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody , so managed to putputit into one of the cupboards as she fellfallpast it .
Early March , gray , quiet skies , and brown , quiet earth ; leafless and sad and lonely enough out there in the damp and silence , yet there I stood feeling the same rapture of pure delightdelightin the first breathbreathof spring that I used to as a child , and the five wasted years fellfallfrom me like a cloak , and the world was full of hope , and I vowedvowmyself then and there to nature , and have been happy ever since .
thoughtthinkAlice to herself , ‘ after such a fallfallas this , I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs !