"I don't see that the size of the man's shoulders has anything to do with it," said Alice.
"That is because you have forgotten your geometry," said the Red Knight. "If you hadn't you'd know that a square deal on the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the square deals on the other two sides."
CHAPTER III
The Red Knight had been rowing for a long time and Alice noticed that they were still in the same place. That was on account of the peculiar way in which the Red Knight handled the oars. He pulled at the right oar as hard as he could and pushed with the left oar as hard as he could and the boat went round and round in a circle.
"We aren't getting any nearer the shore, are we?" he asked anxiously.
"Not a bit," said Alice.
"That's fine," said the Red Knight. "Now you can see that I am neither a wild-eyed radical nor a moss-grown reactionary."
But Alice's conscience began to trouble her.
"You know," she said. "I promised Mamma that I would go out in a boat under no circumstances."