(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: