Stranica 198 [198]
132 ALICE'S EVIDENCE.
“Please your Majesty,” said the Kunave, “I
didn’t write it, and they can’t prove I did: theres.
no name signed at the end.”
“Tf you didn't sign it, said the King, “ that
only makes the matter worse. You must have
meant some mischief, or else youd have signed
your name like an honest man.”
There was a general clapping of hands at this:
it was the first really clever thing the King had
said that day. )
“That proves his guilt,” said the Queen.
“It proves nothing of the sort!” said
Alice. “ Why, you don’t even know what they're
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about
“Read them,” said the King. |
The White Rabbit put on his spectacles.
‘Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?"
he asked.
“Begin at the beginning,” the King said
gravely, “and go on till you come to the end:
then stop.”
These were the verses the White Rabbit read -—