He had forgotten that his pocket was half full of the meal-worms the miller had kindly given him.
And, anyway, Dora ought to have known that a man always carries his knife in his trousers pocket and not in his jacket one.
Alice and Daisy rushed to Dora.

She had thrown herself down on the pile of sacks in the corner.

The titled infant delayed its screams for a moment to listen to Dora's, but almost at once it went on again.
'Oh, get some water!' said Alice.

'Daisy, run!' The White Mouse, ever docile and obedient, shoved the baby into the arms of the nearest person, who had to take it or it would have fallen a wreck to the ground.

This nearest person was Oswald.