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as she returned to the tree, and then began slowly walking down the row.

At the two-yard peg she faced round, and said, "A pawn goes two squares in its first move, you know. So you'll go very quickly through the Third Square——by railway, I should think——and you'll find yourself in the Fourth Square in no time. Well, that square belongs to Tweedledum and Tweedledee——the Fifth is mostly water——the Sixth belongs to Humpty Dumpty——But you make no remark?"

"I——I didn't know I had to make one——just then," Alice faltered out.

"You should have said," the Queen went on in a tone of grave reproof, "'It's extremely kind of you to tell me all this'——however, we'll suppose it said——the Seventh Square is all forest——however, one of the Knights will show you the way——and in the Eighth Square we shall be Queens together, and it's all feasting and fun!" Alice got up and curtseyed, and sat down again.