“‘It matters a good deal to me,’ said Alice hastily;...”
A. A. W., p. 75: “‘But why [asked Alice] did they live at the bottom of a well?’
“‘Take some more tea,’ the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“‘I’ve had nothing yet,’ Alice replied in an offended tone, ‘so I can’t take more.’
“‘You mean you can’t take less,’ said the Hatter: ‘it’s very easy to take more than nothing.’”
Q. MATHEMATICIANS’ TREATMENT OF LOGIC.
A. A. W., p. 74: The Hatter had told of his quarrel with Time, and of Time’s refusal now to do anything he asked: “‘... It’s always six o’clock now!’
“A bright idea came into Alice’s head. ‘Is that the reason so many tea things are put out here?’ she asked.
“‘Yes, that’s it,’ said the Hatter, with a sigh: ‘it’s always tea time, and we’ve no time to wash the things between whiles.’