Knole and the Sackvilles, by V. SACKVILLE-WEST. See Chapter 6.
Earlham, by PERCY LUBBOCK.
9. Alice in Authorland and
Penrod’s Five-Foot Shelf
Alice in Authorland.
STUFF and nonsense!” said Alice, to the White Queen, flinging the book on the floor.
“Exactly,” the White Queen replied.
“Haven’t you anything a self-respecting person can read?” Alice inquired.
“A self-respecting person,” answered the White Queen, “would not ask such a silly question. She would accompany me into Authorland and make the acquaintance of the people there and learn to find her way about. Instead,” added the White Queen, cuttingly, “instead of bothering me. I am very busy.”
“Well, if you’re very busy, you won’t want to take me with you and introduce me to all those people,” Alice observed, a trifle sulkily.
“Of course I will!” The White Queen spoke with annoyance but also with cheerfulness, for she prided herself on seldom being one-sided. “I am never too busy to loiter. And let me tell you that when you become too busy to loiter you will find everyone else too lazy to live with—and then what will you do?”