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           ‘—andjusttakehisheadoffoutside,’theQueenaddedtooneoftheofficers: buttheHatterwasoutofsightbeforetheofficercouldgettothedoor. 

           ‘Callthenextwitness! ’saidtheKing. 

           ThenextwitnesswastheDuchess’scook. Shecarriedthepepper-boxinherhand,andAliceguessedwhoitwas,evenbeforeshegotintothecourt,bythewaythepeoplenearthedoorbegansneezingallatonce. 

           ‘Giveyourevidence,’saidtheKing. 

           ‘Shan’t,’saidthecook. 

           TheKinglookedanxiouslyattheWhiteRabbit,whosaidinalowvoice, ‘YourMajestymustcross-examinethiswitness.’ 

           ‘Well,ifImust,Imust,’theKingsaid,withamelancholyair, and,afterfoldinghisarmsandfrowningatthecooktillhiseyeswerenearlyoutofsight,hesaidinadeepvoice, ‘Whataretartsmadeof?’ 

           ‘Pepper,mostly,’saidthecook. 

           ‘Treacle,’saidasleepyvoicebehindher. 

           ‘CollarthatDormouse,’theQueenshriekedout. ‘BeheadthatDormouse! TurnthatDormouseoutofcourt! Suppresshim! Pinchhim! Offwithhiswhiskers!’ 

           Forsomeminutesthewholecourtwasinconfusion,gettingtheDormouseturnedout, and,bythetimetheyhadsettleddownagain,thecookhaddisappeared.