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There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think

it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself,

"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!" (when she thought it over

afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at

this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the

Rabbit actually _took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket_, and

looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for

it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a

rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of

it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after

it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large

rabbit-hole under the hedge.

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once

considering how in the world she was to get out again.