)<br > Alice could imagine the ice squeezing and scraping over<br > the land A great weight flattening everything. She often<br > thought of how things were shaded. She saw now， how it<br > was， a repressedland. A land stig ruggling or breath The<br >a r was thick with fading light and remarkably everyone was<br >quiet. It was as if they had entered a wide but sacred place A<br >pla~ they knew should not be disturbed The car was warm<br >and smooth， but Alice had had enough. She wanted to get<br >out into this ancient land， this soft flatness and light. She<br >wanted to telI Henderson to stop. Though she knew they<br >were not quite there， she couldn t see the sea<br > ~ re we e ~" ~<br > NAe ly ~ ~gYetL<br > ar， arm aura eplied for the t Ih<br > nearly/ twen ie time，<br > 1~ I~e tSh ghtP~d h.g~treh~<br > erewa I ou e ml n eed be sick<br >and the whe~ euc~f again， apart from the car s low rumble<br >woudn t e~e o air passing hrough a " d th<br > ~e/n .t W<br >s the s ， i~se" rls ram screamed "The sea， he<br >~u~g into his sto~ac~e wrlgg]ed o~ hi h beh<br >trappedtt~ed to look at Trist<br > heback eat She r~m and his mothe both<br > smded at them. My relatives，<br >