"Does it?" said Alice.
"Of course it does," said the Red Knight. "Then there is Kansas, which makes five, and Nebraska, which makes eleven, and California, which makes twenty-four, and New Mexico, which makes thirty-seven out of a total of forty-eight Governors."
"I don't see how you figure that out at all," said Alice.
"I do it by long addition," said the Red Knight.
CHAPTER XII
Alice had been sprinkling water on his face and fanning him with her straw hat for several minutes, and still the Red Knight lay there quite motionless. He looked so wan and pale it made Alice's heart ache. But just when she had decided that a doctor must be sent for, the Red Knight opened his eyes and sighed.
"Where are we?" he said.
"We are still in North Dakota," said Alice.
"And our opponents?"