Manners are not taught in lessons; lessons teach you to do sums, and things of that sort.

White Queen

Can you do addition? What’s one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?


Alice

I don’t know. I lost count.

Red Queen

She can’t do addition; can you do subtraction? Take nine from eight.

Alice

Nine from eight I can’t, you know, but—

White Queen