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130 ALICES EVIDENCE.
At this moment the King, who had been for
some time busily writing in his note-book, called
out “Silence!” and read out from his book,
“Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile —
high to leave the court.’
Everybody looked at Alice.
“I’m not a mile high,” said Alice.
“You are,’ said the King.
“Nearly two miles high,’ added the (Queen.
“Well, I shan’t go, at any rate,” said Alice:
‘besides, that’s not a regular rule: you invented
it just now.”
“It’s the oldest rule in the book,” said the
King.
“Then it ought to be Number One,” said Alice.
The King turned pale, and shut his note¬
book hastily. “Consider your verdict,” he said to
the jury, in a low trembling voice.
‘“‘There’s more evidence to come yet, please
your Majesty,” said the White Rabbit, jumping
up in a great hurry; “this paper has just been
picked up.”