it could possibly be.
It was a golden crown.
CHAPTER IX.
Queen Alice
Well, this _is_ grand! said Alice. I never expected I should be a
Queen so soon and I ll tell you what it is, your majesty, she went on
in a severe tone (she was always rather fond of scolding herself),
it ll never do for you to be lolling about on the grass like that!
Queens have to be dignified, you know!
So she got up and walked about rather stiffly just at first, as she was
afraid that the crown might come off: but she comforted herself with
the thought that there was nobody to see her, and if I really am a
Queen, she said as she sat down again, I shall be able to manage it
quite well in time.
Everything was happening so oddly that she didn t feel a bit surprised
at finding the Red Queen and the White Queen sitting close to her, one
on each side: she would have liked very much to ask them how they came
there, but she feared it would not be quite civil. However, there would
be no harm, she thought, in asking if the game was over. Please, would
you tell me she began, looking timidly at the Red Queen.
Speak when you re spoken to! The Queen sharply interrupted her.
But if everybody obeyed that rule, said Alice, who was always ready
for a little argument, and if you only spoke when you were spoken to,
and the other person always waited for _you_ to begin, you see nobody
would ever say anything, so that
Ridiculous! cried the Queen. Why, don t you see, child here she
broke off with a frown, and, after thinking for a minute, suddenly
changed the subject of the conversation. What do you mean by If you
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