Alice followed behind her father and he placed the books they were purchasing onto the counter and gave the shopkeeper a tip of his top hat then straightened the tail coat on his
suit and walked back to be with Alice's mother, who had been holding his walking stick. Alice then looked up over the counter, even for average 11 year old height it was a bit high and she smield at the shopkeeper, smoothing out her
dress which had gotten dusty just a moment ago from all the books.