Dialogue following No. 12

SCENE I - The Looking-Glass

ALICE. How nice it would be if we could only get through into Looking-Glass Land. I’m sure it’s got such beautiful things in it. Let’s pretend there’s a way of getting through it somehow. Let’s pretend the glass has got all soft gauze. So that we can get through. Why it’s turning into a sort of dimness I declare. It’ll be easy enough to get through.

Climbs onto mantlepiece, and goes through Looking-glass

SCENE II - Looking-glass Land. The garden of Live Flowers. Chessmen discovered on stage.