No Ghost Of Any Common Sense Begins

'speak When You're Spoken To!' The Queen Sharply Interrupted Her. 'but If Everybody Obeyed That Rule,' Said Alice, Who Was Always Ready For A Little Argument, 'and If You Only Spoke When You Were Spoken To, And The Other Person Always Waited For You To Begin, You See Nobody Would Ever Say Anything, So That - ' 'ridiculous!' Cried The Queen. 'why, Don't You See, Child - ' Here She Broke Off With A Frown, And, After Thinking For A Minute, Suddenly Changed The Subject Of The Conversation.

Do Not, Oh Do Not Indulge Such A Wild Idea That A Newspaper Might Err! If So What Have We To Trust In This Age Of Sham?

So She Sat On With Closed Eyes, And Half Believed Herself In Wonderland, Though She Knew She Had But To Open Them Again, And All Would Change To Dull Reality.

'o Tiger-lily,' Said Alice... 'i Wish You Could Talk!' 'we Can Talk,' Said The Tiger-lily: 'when There's Anybody Worth Talking To."

Alice Had Begun With 'let's Pretend We're Kings And Queens;' And Her Sister, Who Liked Being Exact, Had Argued That They Couldn't, Because There Were Only Two Of Them, And Alice Hand Been Reduced At Last To Say, 'well, You Can Be One Of Them Then, And I'll Be The Rest.