“‘Why not?’ said the March Hare.
“Alice was silent.
“... [The Dormouse] went on: ‘—that begins with an M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness, you know you say things are “much of a muchness”—did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?’
“‘Really, now you ask me,’ said Alice, very much confused, ‘I don’t think——’
“‘Then you shouldn’t talk,’ said the Hatter.”
O. OBJECTS OF MATHEMATICAL LOGIC.
T. L. G., p. 93: “‘I was wondering what the mouse-trap [fastened to the White Knight’s saddle] was for,’ said Alice. ‘It isn’t very likely there would be any mice on the horse’s back.’
“‘Not very likely, perhaps,’ said the Knight, ‘but, if they do come, I don’t choose to have them running all about.’
“‘You see,’ he went on after a pause, ‘it’s as well to be provided for everything. That’s the reason the horse has all these anklets round his feet.’
“‘But what are they for?’ Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity.