It was evidently more than he could manage by himself ; however , she managed to shake him out of it at last . ` Now one can breathe more easily , ' said the Knight , putting back his shaggy hair with both hands , and turning his gentle face and large mild eyes to Alice . She thought she had never seen such a strange-looking soldier in all her life . He was dressed in tin armour , which seemed to fit him very badly , and he had a queer-shaped little deal box fastened across his shoulder , upside-down , and with the lid hanging open . Alice looked at it with great curiosity . ' I see you 're admiring my little box . ' the Knight said in a friendly tone . ` It 's my own invention -- to keep clothes and sandwiches in . You see I carry it upside-down , so that the rain ca n't get in . ' ` But the things can get OUT , ' Alice gently remarked . ` Do you know the lid 's open ? ' ' I did n't know it , ' the Knight said , a shade of vexation passing over his face . ` Then all the things must have fallen out ! And the box is no use without them . ' He unfastened it as he spoke , and was just going to throw it into the bushes , when a sudden thought seemed to strike him , and he hung it carefully on a tree . ` Can you guess why I did that ? ' he said to Alice . Alice shook her head . ` In hopes some bees may make a nest in it -- then I should get the honey . ' ` But you 've got a bee-hive -- or something like one -- fastened to the saddle , ' said Alice .
` Yes , it 's a very good bee-hive , ' the Knight XXXXX in a discontented tone , ` one of the best kind .
breathe dressed hopes looked manage putting said seen turning unfastened