Down, down, down... when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead: before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. She was close behind it when she turned the comer, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall...