"I don't know what you call long. As for walking with him, it's out of the question. He goes about a mile an hour. And then he makes me look so much like a fool. I had no idea that he would be such an old coddle."
"The coddling will all be given to some one else, very soon."
"No baby could possibly live through it, if you mean that. If there is a baby--"
"I suppose there will be one, by-and-by," said Alice.

"I don't know what you call long. As for walking with him, it's out of the question. He goes about a mile an hour. I had no idea that he would be such an old coddle."
"The coddling will all be given to someone else, very soon."
"No baby could possibly live through it, if you mean that. 