← ‘I beg your pardon!’ said the Mouse, frowning, but very politely: ‘Did you speak?’ ‘Not I!’ said the Lory hastily. 🔊
← ‘What is a Caucus-race?’ said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything. 🔊
← And she kept on puzzling about it while the Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was something like this:-- 🔊
← The Caterpillar was the first to speak. 🔊
← ‘Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!’ the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as she spoke. 🔊
← He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: 🔊
← ‘What for?’ said the one who had spoken first. 🔊
← ‘How are you getting on?’ said the Cat, as soon as there was mouth enough for it to speak with. 🔊
← ‘Don’t be impertinent,’ said the King, ‘and don’t look at me like that!’ He got behind Alice as he spoke. 🔊
← ‘I’ll tell it her,’ said the Mock Turtle in a deep, hollow tone: ‘sit down, both of you, and don’t speak a word till I’ve finished.’ 🔊