← ‘Call the first witness,’ said the King; 🔊
← and the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out, ‘First witness!’ 🔊
← The first witness was the Hatter. He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other. 🔊
← This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, 🔊
← ‘Call the next witness!’ said the King. 🔊
← The next witness was the Duchess’s cook. 🔊
← The King looked anxiously at the White Rabbit, who said in a low voice, ‘Your Majesty must cross-examine this witness.’ 🔊
← ‘Never mind!’ said the King, with an air of great relief. ‘Call the next witness.’ 🔊
← And he added in an undertone to the Queen, ‘Really, my dear, you must cross-examine the next witness. It quite makes my forehead ache!’ 🔊
← Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled over the list, feeling very curious to see what the next witness would be like, ‘--for they haven’t got much evidence yet,’ she said to herself. 🔊