Just look down the road and tell me if you can see either of them.""I see nobody on the road." said Alice."I only wish I had such eyes,"the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at such a distance too!"==="Who did you pass on the road?" the King went on, holding out his hand to the Messenger for some more hay."Nobody," said the Messenger."Quite right," said the King; "this young lady saw him too. So of course Nobody walks slower than you.""I do my best," the Messenger said in a sullen tone. "I'm sure nobody walks much faster than I do!""He can't do that," said the King, "or else he'd have been here first.
The excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland features a humorous dialogue between Alice, the King, and a Messenger. The King jokes about the impossibility of seeing "Nobody" on the road, expressing a longing to have such extraordinary eyesight. Alice's remark highlights the playful absurdity typical of the story, where characters take literal and imaginative interpretations of words and ideas.
Further, the conversation continues with the King questioning the Messenger about who he passed, implying that he saw nobody, which the King confirms humorously. The Messenger claims he's doing his best, but the King refutes this by suggesting nobody can walk slower than him, emphasizing the playful logic and whimsical tone of the dialogue.
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