At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book, cackled out ‘Silence!’ and read out from his book, ‘Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court<\/em>.’ Everybody looked at Alice. <\/p>Alice in Wonderland<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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