‘I don’t much care where--’ said Alice. 🔊

‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat. 🔊

‘--so long as I get somewhere,’ Alice added as an explanation. 🔊

‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long

enough.’ 🔊

Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question.

‘What sort of people live about here?’ 🔊

‘In that direction,’ the Cat said, waving its right paw round, ‘lives

a Hatter: 🔊 and in that direction,’ waving the other paw, ‘lives a March

Hare. 🔊 Visit either you like: they’re both mad.’ 🔊

‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked. 🔊

‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here. I’m mad.

You’re mad.’ 🔊

‘How do you know I’m mad?’ said Alice.

‘You must be,’ said the Cat, ‘or you wouldn’t have come here.’ 🔊

Alice didn’t think that proved it at all; however, she went on ‘And how

do you know that you’re mad?’ 🔊