You SHOULD have meant ! What do you suppose is the use of child without any meaning ? Even a joke should have some meaning -- and a child 's more important than a joke , I hope . You could n't deny that , even if you tried with both hands . ' ' I do n't deny things with my HANDS , ' Alice objected . ` Nobody said you did , ' said the Red Queen . ' I said you could n't if you tried . ' ` She 's in that state of mind , ' said the White Queen , ` that she wants to deny SOMETHING -- only she does n't know what to deny ! ' ' A nasty , vicious temper , ' the Red Queen remarked ; and then there was an uncomfortable silence for a minute or two . The Red Queen broke the silence by saying to the White Queen , ' I invite you to Alice 's dinner-party this afternoon . ' The White Queen smiled feebly , and said ` And I invite YOU . ' ' I did n't know I was to have a party at all , ' said Alice ; ` but if there is to be one , I think I ought to invite the guests . ' ` We gave you the opportunity of doing it , ' the Red Queen remarked : ` but I daresay you 've not had many lessons in manners yet ? ' ` Manners are not taught in lessons , ' said Alice . ` Lessons teach you to do sums , and things of that sort . ' ` And you do Addition ? ' the White Queen asked . ` What 's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one ? ' ' I do n't know , ' said Alice . ' I lost count . '
` She ca n't do Addition , ' the Red XXXXX interrupted .
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