Oldal 183 [183]
THE TARTS?! 167
“Not yet, not yet!” the Rabbit hastily in¬
“(all the first witness,” said the King ; ; and the
and called out, “First witness !” ™
The first witness was the Hatter. He came in
with a teacup in one hand and fh. piece of bread¬
and-butter in the other. . “I beg pardon, your
Majesty,’ he began, “for bringing these in: but
I hadn't quite finished my tea when I was sent
“You ought to have finished,” said the King.
“When did you begin?” .
The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had
followed him into the court, arm-in-arm with the
Dormouse. “ Fourteenth of Maron, I think it
for.
was,” he said. |
“ Fifteenth,” said the March Hare.
J “Sixteenth,” added the Dormouse. A
“Write that down,” the King said to the jury,
and the jury eagerly wrote down all three