and I ve pinned it there, but there s no pleasing it!
It _can t_ go straight, you know, if you pin it all on one side,
Alice said, as she gently put it right for her; and, dear me, what a
state your hair is in!
The brush has got entangled in it! the Queen said with a sigh. And I
lost the comb yesterday.
Alice carefully released the brush, and did her best to get the hair
into order. Come, you look rather better now! she said, after
altering most of the pins. But really you should have a lady s maid!
I m sure I ll take you with pleasure! the Queen said. Twopence a
week, and jam every other day.
Alice couldn t help laughing, as she said, I don t want you to hire
_me_ and I don t care for jam.
It s very good jam, said the Queen.
Well, I don t want any _to-day_, at any rate.
You couldn t have it if you _did_ want it, the Queen said. The rule
is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday but never jam to-day.
It _must_ come sometimes to jam to-day, Alice objected.
No, it can t, said the Queen. It s jam every _other_ day: to-day
isn t any _other_ day, you know.
I don t understand you, said Alice. It s dreadfully confusing!
That s the effect of living backwards, the Queen said kindly: it
always makes one a little giddy at first
Living backwards! Alice repeated in great astonishment. I never
heard of such a thing!
but there s one great advantage in it, that one s memory works both
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