From the minute the two stood in indecision, staring at the house, suddenly from the forest ran liveried footman and as hard as he can came banging on the door. (Alice guessed that it was a footman in livery, because he was wearing a livery; from the look on his face, it was just a crucian.) The door opened, and the Doorman came out of the house, also in the livery, with a round face and eyes bulging like a frog – exactly an adult tadpole. Both had powdered wigs with long curled curls on their heads. Here Alice found herself very interested, and crept a little closer to home, and hid herself behind a Bush, ready to listen and watch. The Butler Carp started with the fact that you pulled from under the arms of a huge envelope (almost more than him) and solemnly presented it to the Tadpole. "Duchess," he said majestically. – from the queen. Invitation to the evening croquet. The doorman-tadpole with the same majestic appearance repeated all word for word, only a little in the wrong order: – from the queen. Duchess. Invitation to