` It is n't mine , ' said the Hatter . ` Stolen ! ' the King exclaimed , turning to the jury , who instantly made a memorandum of the fact . ' I keep them to sell , ' the Hatter added as an explanation ; ` I 've none of my own . I 'm a hatter . ' Here the Queen put on her spectacles , and began staring at the Hatter , who turned pale and fidgeted . ` Give your evidence , ' said the King ; ` and do n't be nervous , or I 'll have you executed on the spot . ' This did not seem to encourage the witness at all : he kept shifting from one foot to the other , looking uneasily at the Queen , and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread-and-butter . Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation , which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was : she was beginning to grow larger again , and she thought at first she would get up and leave the court ; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for her . ' I wish you would n't squeeze so . ' said the Dormouse , who was sitting next to her . ' I can hardly breathe . ' ' I ca n't help it , ' said Alice very meekly : ` I 'm growing . ' ` You 've no right to grow here , ' said the Dormouse . ` Do n't talk nonsense , ' said Alice more boldly : ` you know you 're growing too . ' ` Yes , but I grow at a reasonable pace , ' said the Dormouse : ` not in that ridiculous fashion . ' And he got up very sulkily and crossed over to the other side of the court . All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the Hatter , and , just as the Dormouse crossed the court , she said to one of the officers of the court , ` Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert ! ' on which the wretched Hatter trembled so , that he shook both his shoes off . ` Give your evidence , ' the King repeated angrily , ` or I 'll have you executed , whether you 're nervous or not . '
` I 'm a poor man , your Majesty , ' the Hatter began , in a trembling voice , ' -- and I had n't begun my tea -- not above a week or so -- and what with the bread-and-butter getting so thin -- and the twinkling of the tea -- ' ` The twinkling XXXXX the what ? '
as at from in of on that to until whether