When he meets Alice, this character says, "It's very provoking to be called an egg, very!"
[DOC] [TLE] Alice in Berkeley - Scribd [PAR] Characters .... NARRATOR She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself: 
ALICE Which .... FATHER WILLIAM 'In my youth,' said the sage, as he shook his 
grey locks, .... stretched out wide, as if she were fying, and Alice very civilly went 
to meet ... looking away from Alice] It's very provoking, .