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!'