"Since we parted, Alice, much has happened."
"Yet it seems only yesterday that I saw you!"
[EDITOR. IT was ONLY YESTERDAY.
AUTHOR. YES, YES. DON'T INTERRUPT NOW, PLEASE.]
"To me it has seemed years."
"But what are you doing here?" said Alice.
"Rather, what are YOU doing here?" answered Robert.
[EDITOR. I THINK ALICE'S QUESTION WAS THE MORE REASONABLE ONE.]
"My uncle Joseph lives here."
Robert gave a sudden cry.