Sure, it would have been strange to actually see the White Rabbit here. Just slightly, since Alice really isn't used anymore to the idea of random people from Wonderland popping up after not having seen any on the train before. But it sure would have been a lot easier to bear than looking over to where the younger girl is pointing and seeing absolutely nothing.
Partially because of the implications it has about the younger's mind, but also since it almost feels like betrayal. Saying she can't see the Rabbit feels too much like the way all the grownups denied her own stories when she tried to tell them when she was little. They're supposed to be the same person. She can't be the one to let Alice down like that.
So she does keep walking in the direction the White Rabbit logically must have run off to while talking Alice along, but her heart is pounding in her chest. What does she do in this situation?
"Alice, when did you see him for the first time here?"
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Sure, it would have been strange to actually see the White Rabbit here. Just slightly, since Alice really isn't used anymore to the idea of random people from Wonderland popping up after not having seen any on the train before. But it sure would have been a lot easier to bear than looking over to where the younger girl is pointing and seeing absolutely nothing.
Partially because of the implications it has about the younger's mind, but also since it almost feels like betrayal. Saying she can't see the Rabbit feels too much like the way all the grownups denied her own stories when she tried to tell them when she was little. They're supposed to be the same person. She can't be the one to let Alice down like that.
So she does keep walking in the direction the White Rabbit logically must have run off to while talking Alice along, but her heart is pounding in her chest. What does she do in this situation?
"Alice, when did you see him for the first time here?"
For how long has this been going on?