Soon forgetting all about it she started wondering if Kitty could play chess. And thus her favourite game of "Let's pretend" started. Suddenly the Looking-Glass House caught Alice's attention. She had always been wondering about the Looking-Glass world. It was so tempting. Without even noticing she was on the mantelpiece and through the looking-glass. The room was quite uninteresting and untidy. But there were some interesting things the pictures on the wall were alive and so were the pawns on the chessboard and the words in the book were only to be read through the looking-glass. Alice couldn't have left the place without seeing the garden so she ran outside where she met some talkative flowers and the Red Queen. The Red Queen was kind enough to help Alice to the top of the hill (and she actually had to walk in the other direction to reach the desired place). Once on the top of the hill Alice noted that the world seemed as if it were a chessboard
Coal production grinds to a halt due mostly to the fact that "Allied" planes have been dropping sticks of dynamite for the people to use to sabotage railroads, food supplies, power sources, and the mine itself. And as several of the invaders are murdered, they begin to realize that their hopes to be accepted as good men bringing a glorious New Order are coming to naught. The townspeople would rather starve and be killed than cooperate with the invaders. The officers and leading citizens are pawns in a fruitless ritual of death modeled on the enmity between Socrates and the accusers who forced him to drink hemlock. Charictures. Townspeople: Mayor Orden - the mayor of the townspeople Doctor Winter - friend of Mayor Orden, beloved town doctor Joseph - a servant of the Mayor Annie - the cook Alexander Morden - attacked and killed Captain Bentick with an axe and was sentenced to death. Molly Morden - The attractive wife of Alexander Morden