THE KING WAS FAST ASLEEP.
“I really must ask you to give me notice of these questions,” said the Ineptitude, with a yawn.
“There’s a dragon loose somewhere in the garden,” the King went on peevishly, “and I am expected to help in getting it under control. Do I look as if I could control dragons?”
Alice thought he certainly did not.
“What do you propose doing?” drawled the Ineptitude.
“That’s just it,” said the King. “I say that whatever is done must be done cautiously and deliberately; the Treasurer says that whatever is done must be done cheaply—I am afraid the Treasurer is the weakest member of the pack,” he added anxiously.
“Only made of Bristol board, you know,” explained the Cat aside to Alice.
“What does the Queen say about it?” asked the Ineptitude.
“The Queen says that if something is not done in less than no time there’ll be a Dissolution.”