Instantly he jumped up again, exclaiming:
"Good heavens! There is some one alive in this box!"
"Ah! The princess!" cried Alice.
"What did you hear?" demanded Old King Brady.
"Some one spoke. There it goes again! It's a Chinaman."
"Or a woman! Alice, do you think you can get aboard the sailboat without tumbling into the bay?"
"Why, certainly," replied Alice, and she stepped aboard the sailboat with the kicker's aid.
"Is any one in the box?" she called.
"Yes. Help! Save me! I am dying in here!" came the answer in Chinese.
Alice instantly repeated the words.