Try another Subtraction sum . Take a bone from a dog : what remains ? ' Alice considered . ` The bone would n't remain , of course , if I took it -- and the dog would n't remain ; it would come to bite me -- and I 'm sure I should n't remain ! ' ` Then you think nothing would remain ? ' said the Red Queen . ' I think that 's the answer . ' ` Wrong , as usual , ' said the Red Queen : ` the dog 's temper would remain . ' ` But I do n't see how -- ' ` Why , look here ! ' the Red Queen cried . ` The dog would lose its temper , would n't it ? ' ` Perhaps it would , ' Alice replied cautiously . ` Then if the dog went away , its temper would remain ! ' the Queen exclaimed triumphantly . Alice said , as gravely as she could , ` They might go different ways . ' But she could n't help thinking to herself , ` What dreadful nonsense we ARE talking ! ' ` She ca n't do sums a BIT ! ' the Queens said together , with great emphasis . ` Can YOU do sums ? ' Alice said , turning suddenly on the White Queen , for she did n't like being found fault with so much .
The XXXXX gasped and shut her eyes . '
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