I'll try and say "How doth the little--"' and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do:--
Alice szépen meghajolt, mint az iskolában, amikor verset mondott. Hangja azonban rekedten, idegenül csengett, s nem azok a szavak jöttek a nyelvére, amelyek szoktak.