Today's Stichomancy for Lewis Carroll

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Collection of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter:

stood a very stout short person staring anxiously at Lucie.

Her print gown was tucked up, and she was wearing a large apron over her striped petticoat. Her little black nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes went twinkle, twinkle; and underneath her cap--where Lucie had yellow curls--that little person had