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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote in [community profile] vocab_drabbles2022-12-16 06:33 pm

Dilatory | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | "Tardiness"

Title: Tardiness
Fandom: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Author: [personal profile] senmut | [archiveofourown.org profile] Merfilly
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: White Rabbit and Alice
Warnings: none
Summary: She's always late.



"My word, that Alice! Never in a hurry when she must be, and always rushing at the wrong moment!" The White Rabbit pulled out his timepiece once more. "Deleteriously dilatory!"

"I'm here, I'm here!" Alice called ahead, coming into the hedgerows with a suspicious smear upon her smock.

"Tea party with crumpets and jam again, I see! I suppose you'll put the blame upon the Mad Hatter?"

"Oh no, I would never," Alice told him. "That would be improper."

"Propriety is precious," the White Rabbit agreed. "What tale for tardiness, then?"

"The March Hare delayed me."

The White Rabbit sighed.
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[personal profile] mxcatmoon 2022-12-17 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Deleteriously dilatory!" I love it!