"
The Red Queen smiled sourly, and said, "And I invite _you_"
"I didn't know _I_ was to have a Party at all," said ALICE. "Parties
are things I don't hold with, as a rule; too great a tax and a tie. I
like my freedom, _I_ do. But, if I _am_ to have one, I think _I_ ought
to invite the guests."
"ALICE of Thunderland, you require some lessons in manners," the White
Queen remarked.
"Manners are not taught in lessons," said ALICE. "Lessons teach _some_
people to do sums, and things of that sort."
"Can you do addition?" the Red Queen asked scornfully of the White.
("Bah, she can't do sums a _bit_!" she added, aside.)
"She is doubtless better at _Division_," interposed ALICE,
significantly.
"Divide a State by a Statutory Parliament," said the Red Queen, with a
derisive wink. "What's the right answer to that?"
"Much the same as dividing a Nation by an indefinite number of
Councils," retorted the White Queen, smartly. "Talk about _tu
quoques_, there's one for you!"
"Oh, as for that," rejoined the Red Queen, sniffing, "try another
subtraction sum! Take a Grand Old Leader from a 'Party' of discredited
'Items,' and what would remain?"
"Why, a Policy, of course," replied the White Queen.
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