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           ‘Whichwouldnotbeanadvantage,’saidAlice,whofeltverygladtogetanopportunityofshowingoffalittleofherknowledge. ‘Justthinkofwhatworkitwouldmakewiththedayandnight! Youseetheearthtakestwenty-fourhourstoturnroundonitsaxis—’ 

           ‘Talkingofaxes,’saidtheDuchess,‘chopoffherhead!’ 

           Aliceglancedratheranxiouslyatthecook,toseeifshemeanttotakethehint; butthecookwasbusilystirringthesoup,andseemednottobelistening,soshewentonagain: ‘Twenty-fourhours,Ithink; orisittwelve?I—’ 

           ‘Oh,don’tbotherme,’saidtheDuchess; ‘Inevercouldabidefigures! ’Andwiththatshebegannursingherchildagain,singingasortoflullabytoitasshedidso,andgivingitaviolentshakeattheendofeveryline: 

           ‘Speakroughlytoyourlittleboy, 

           Andbeathimwhenhesneezes: 

           Heonlydoesittoannoy, 

           Becauseheknowsitteases.’ 

           CHORUS. 

           (Inwhichthecookandthebabyjoined):— 

           ‘Wow! wow! wow!’ 

           WhiletheDuchesssangthesecondverseofthesong, shekepttossingthebabyviolentlyupanddown,andthepoorlittlethinghowledso,thatAlicecouldhardlyhearthewords:—