Hatter
Two days wrong. I told you butter wouldn’t suit the works!
March Hare
It was the best butter.
Hatter
Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well; you shouldn’t have put it in with the bread-knife—
March Hare
[Takes the watch, looks at it gloomily, dips it into his cup of tea and looks at it again but doesn’t know what else to say.]
It was the best butter, you know.
Alice