chair; and there were two empty chairs, one on each side of her.

Jack blushed; but the hound whispering again, "Master, whatever you
can do you may do," he came slowly up the table towards the Queen, who
was saying, as he drew near, "Where is our trusty and well-beloved,
the apple-woman?" And she took no notice of Jack; so, though he could
not help feeling rather red and ashamed, he went and sat in the chair
beside her with Mopsa still on his shoulder. Mopsa laughed for joy
when she saw the feast. The Queen said, "O Jack, I am so glad to see
you!" and some of the one-foot-one fairies cried out, "What a
delightful little creature that is! She can laugh! Perhaps she can
also cry!"

Jack looked about, but there was no seat for Mopsa; and he was afraid
to let her run about on the floor, lest she should be hurt.

There was a very large dish standing before the Queen; for though the
people were small, the plates and dishes were exactly like those we
use, and of the same size.

This dish was raised on a foot, and filled with grapes and peaches.
Jack wondered at himself for doing it, but he saw no other place for
Mopsa; so he took out the fruit, laid it round the dish, and set his
own little one-foot-one in the dish.

Nobody looked in the least surprised; and there she sat very happily,
biting an apple with her small white teeth.

Then, as they brought him nothing to eat, Jack helped himself from
some of the dishes before him, and found that a fairy breakfast was
very nice indeed.

In the meantime there was a noise outside, and in stumped an elderly
woman. She had very thick boots on, a short gown of red print, an
orange cotton handkerchief over her shoulders, and a black silk
bonnet. She was exactly the same height as the Queen,--for of course
nobody in Fairyland is allowed to be any bigger than the Queen; so, if
they are not children when they arrive, they are obliged to shrink.

"How are you, dear?" said the Queen.

"I am as well as can be expected," answered the apple-woman, sitting
down in the empty chair. "Now, then, where's my tea? They're never
ready with my cup of tea."

Two attendants immediately brought a cup of tea, and set it down
before the apple-woman, with a plate of bread and butter; and she
proceeded to pour it into the saucer, and blow it, because it was hot.
In so doing her wandering eyes caught sight of Jack and little Mopsa,
and she set down the saucer, and looked at them with attention.

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