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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 breadand-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
