"Dear me," the man in armour said, "how annoying! I am the—the Prince of Kamschkatka, and this is a shepherd of Pendleton." He said it in a great hurry, just as you might say a newly learned lesson.
But the shepherd of Pendleton said, "Ah, perhaps Mrs. Hexer does not live here."
The Queen said, "No, she doesn't; I live here."
"What, alone!" they both said.
And the Queen answered, "No; I live with my geese."
The shepherd said, "Oh, then perhaps you could tell us where Mrs. Hexer does live."
"I've never heard of her," the Queen said.
"What! never heard of Mrs. Hexer?" they both said.
"The famous witch who has the well of the Elixir of Life," the prince said.
But the shepherd said, "Of lore."