My notion was that you had been

(Before she had this fit) 🔊

An obstacle that came between

Him, and ourselves, and it. 🔊

Don’t let him know she liked them best,

For this must ever be 🔊

A secret, kept from all the rest,

Between yourself and me.’ 🔊

‘That’s the most important piece of evidence we’ve heard yet,’ said the

King, rubbing his hands; ‘so now let the jury--’ 🔊

‘If any one of them can explain it,’ said Alice, (she had grown so large

in the last few minutes that she wasn’t a bit afraid of interrupting

him,) ‘I’ll give him sixpence. 🔊 I don’t believe there’s an atom of

meaning in it.’ 🔊

The jury all wrote down on their slates, ‘She doesn’t believe there’s an

atom of meaning in it,’ but none of them attempted to explain the paper. 🔊

‘If there’s no meaning in it,’ said the King, ‘that saves a world of

trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any. 🔊