exclaimed Alice . ` That 's the reason they 're called lessons , ' the Gryphon remarked : ` because they lessen from day to day . ' This was quite a new idea to Alice , and she thought it over a little before she made her next remark . ` Then the eleventh day must have been a holiday ? ' ` Of course it was , ' said the Mock Turtle . ` And how did you manage on the twelfth ? ' Alice went on eagerly . ` That 's enough about lessons , ' the Gryphon interrupted in a very decided tone : ` tell her something about the games now . ' CHAPTER X . The Lobster Quadrille The Mock Turtle sighed deeply , and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes . He looked at Alice , and tried to speak , but for a minute or two sobs choked his voice . ` Same as if he had a bone in his throat , ' said the Gryphon : and it set to work shaking him and punching him in the back . At last the Mock Turtle recovered his voice , and , with tears running down his cheeks , he went on again : -- ` You may not have lived much under the sea -- ' -LRB- ' I have n't , ' said Alice -RRB- -- ` and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster -- ' -LRB- Alice began to say ' I once tasted -- ' but checked herself hastily , and said ` No , never ' -RRB- ' -- so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is ! ' ` No , indeed , ' said Alice . ` What sort of a dance is it ? ' ` Why , ' said the Gryphon , ` you first form into a line along the sea-shore -- ' ` Two lines ! ' cried the Mock Turtle . ` Seals , turtles , salmon , and so on ; then , when you 've cleared all the jelly-fish out of the way -- ' ` THAT generally takes some time , ' interrupted the Gryphon . ' -- you advance twice -- ' ` Each with a lobster as a partner ! ' cried the Gryphon .
` XXXXX course , ' the Mock Turtle said : ` advance twice , set to partners -- ' ' -- change lobsters , and retire in same order , ' continued the Gryphon .
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