Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of execution.
Aquellos a los que condenaba eran puestos bajo la vigilancia de soldados, que naturalmente tenían que dejar de hacer de aros, de modo que al cabo de una media hora no quedaba ni un solo aro, y todos los jugadores, excepto el Rey, la Reina y Alicia, estaban arrestados y bajo sentencia de muerte.