← ‘--it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing 🔊
← After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented with hearts. 🔊
← Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion; 🔊
← and, last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS. 🔊
← She said it to the Knave of Hearts, who only bowed and smiled in reply. 🔊
← They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break. 🔊
← The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them-- 🔊
← ‘The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: 🔊
← The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!’ 🔊
← and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: 🔊