"Did you happen to meet any soldiers, my dear, as you came through the wood ?" "Yes, I did," said Alice: "several thousand, I should think." "Four thousand two hundred and seven, that's the exact number," the King said, referring to his book.

"I couldn't send all the horses, you know, because two of them are wanted in the game.

And I haven't sent the two Messengers, either.

They're both gone to the town.

Just look along 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 that distance, too! Why, it's as much as _I_ can do to see real people, by this light!" All this was lost on Alice, who was still looking intently along the road, shading her eyes with one hand.