Stranica 115 [115]
A MAD TEA-PARTY. 99
“What day of the month is it?” he said, turn¬
ing to Alice: he had taken his watch out of
his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shak¬
ing it every now and then, and holding it to.
his ear.
Alice considered a little, and then said "The
fourth."
“Two days wrong!” sighed the Hatter. “I
told you butter wouldnt suit the works!” he
added, locking angrily at the March Hare.
“Tt was the best butter,’ the March Hare
meekly replied.
“Yes, but some crumbs must have got in
as well, the Hatter grumbled: “you shouldn't
have put it in with the bread-knife.”
The March Hare took the watch and looked
at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup
of tea, and looked at it again: but he could
think of nothing better to say than his first
remark, “It was the best butter, you know.”
Alice had been looking over his shoulder with
some curiosity. ‘“ What a funny watch!” she