"Ah, yes; that's a great cheat. It's not Matching Station at all but Matching Road Station, and it's eight miles. It is a great bore, for though the omnibus brings our parcels, we have to be constantly sending over, and it's very expensive, I can assure you. I want Mr. Palliser to have a branch, but he says he would have to take all the shares himself, and that would cost more, I suppose."
"Is there a town at Matching?"
"Oh, a little bit of a place. I'll go round by it if you like, and in at the further gate."
"Oh, no!" said Alice.

"Ah, yes; that's a great cheat. It's eight miles, so we have to be constantly sending over, and it's very expensive, I can assure you. I want Mr. Palliser to have a branch line of the railway, but he says he would have to take all the shares himself, and that would cost more, I suppose."
"Is there a town at Matching?"
"A little one. I'll go round by it if you like."
"Oh, no!" said Alice.
