CHAPTER IX . The Mock Turtle 's Story ` You ca n't think how glad I am to see you again , you dear old thing ! ' said the Duchess , as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice 's , and they walked off together . Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper , and thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen . ` When I 'M a Duchess , ' she said to herself , -LRB- not in a very hopeful tone though -RRB- , ' I wo n't have any pepper in my kitchen AT ALL . Soup does very well without -- Maybe it 's always pepper that makes people hot-tempered , ' she went on , very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule , ` and vinegar that makes them sour -- and camomile that makes them bitter -- and -- and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered . I only wish people knew that : then they would n't be so stingy about it , you know -- ' She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time , and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear . ` You 're thinking about something , my dear , and that makes you forget to talk . I ca n't tell you just now what the moral of that is , but I shall remember it in a bit . ' ` Perhaps it has n't one , ' Alice ventured to remark . ` Tut , tut , child ! ' said the Duchess . ` Everything 's got a moral , if only you can find it . ' And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice 's side as she spoke . Alice did not much like keeping so close to her : first , because the Duchess was VERY ugly ; and secondly , because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice 's shoulder , and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin . However , she did not like to be rude , so she bore it as well as she could . ` The game 's going on rather better now , ' she said , by way of keeping up the conversation a little . '' Tis so , ' said the Duchess : ` and the moral of that is -- `` Oh , 't is love , 't is love , that makes the world go round ! '' ' ` Somebody said , ' Alice whispered , ` that it 's done by everybody minding their own business ! ' ` Ah , well !
It means much the same thing , ' said the Duchess , digging her sharp little chin XXXXX Alice 's shoulder as she added , ` and the moral of THAT is -- `` Take care of the sense , and the sounds will take care of themselves . '' '
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