(In der Küche der Herzogin)      [...] ‘If everybody minded their own business,’    Said the Duchess, in a hoarse growl, ‘the world would go round   A deal faster than it does. ‘Which would not be an advantage,’    Said Alice, who felt   Very glad to get an opportunity of showing off a little of    Her knowledge. ‘Just think   What work it would make with the day and the night!    You see the earth takes   Twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis- [...]    Or is it twelve? I-’ Oh, don’t bother   Me,’ said the Duchess; ‘I never could abide figures!’    And with that she began nursing   Her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so,    And giving it a violent   Shake at the end of every line: