CHAPTER 1 The Rassendylls -- With a Word on the Elphbergs “ I wonderwonderwhen in the world you ’re going to do anything , Rudolf ? ” saidsaymy brother ’s wife .
When I looklookback over the months I spent at Sunnyside , I wonderwonderthat I survived at all .
Either the well was very deep , or she fell very slowly , for she had plenty of time as she wentgodown to looklookabout her and to wonderwonderwhat was going to happen next .
Let me see : that would be four thousand miles down , I think -- ’ ( for , you see , Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom , and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge , as there was no one to listen to her , still it was good practice to say it over ) ‘ -- yes , that ’s about the right distance -- but then I wonderwonderwhat Latitude or Longitude I ’ve gotgetto ? ’
‘ I wonderwonderif I shall fall right THROUGH the earth !