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“如果你没有签名，”国玉说，“只能说明情节更恶劣。这意味着你很狡猾，否则你就应该像一个诚实的人那样，签上你的名字。”

If you didn't sign it,' said the King, `that only makes the matter worse. You MUST have meant some mischief, or else you'd have signed your name like an honest man.'

There was a general clapping of hands at this: it was the first really clever thing the King had said that day.

`That PROVES his guilt,' said the Queen.

`It proves nothing of the sort!' said Alice. `Why, you don't even know what they're about!'

`Read them,' said the King.

The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. `Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?' he asked.

`Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, `and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'

These were the verses the White Rabbit read:--

`They told me you had been to her, And mentioned me to him: She gave me a good character, But said I could not swim.

He sent them word I had not gone (We know it to be true): If she should push the matter on, What would become of you?

I gave her one, they gave him two, You gave us three or more; They all returned from him to you, Though they were mine before.

If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were.

My notion was that you had been (Before she had this fit) An obstacle that came between Him, and ourselves, and it.

Don't let him know she liked them best, For this must ever be A secret, kept from all the rest, Between yourself and me.'

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“如果你没有签名，”国玉说，“只能说明情节更恶劣。这意味着你的狡猾，否则你就应该像一个诚实的人那样，签上你的名字。”

对此，出现了一片掌声。这真是那天国王所讲的第一句聪明话。

“那就证明了他犯罪。”王后说。

爱丽丝却说：“这证明不了什么！啊，你们甚至不知道这首诗写的是什么呀！”

“快读一读！”国王命令道。

白兔戴上了眼镜，问道，“我该从哪儿开始呢？陛下。”

“从开始的地方开始吧，一直读到末尾，然后停止。”国王郑重地说。

下面就是白兔所读的诗句：

“他们说你先是对她，

后又对他谈到了我。

她给我良好的赞誉，

但却说我不会游水。

“他捎话说我没有前往，

我们知道这并非撒谎。

假如她竟然把事情推进，

你又当处于何种景况？

我给她一个，他们给他一双，

你给我们三个或者两双，

它们都从他那里归于你方，

反正从前都是我的，一样一样。

“假如我或她竟然会

掉进这个是非漩涡，

他请你解除他的冤枉，

就如我们早先的期望。

“我的想法就是你的那样，

也就是她有过的诗章，

你在他和我们之间，

早已成了难越的屏障。

“切勿告诉他：她最喜欢他们，

这必须永远是个秘密。

也切勿告诉其他人，

只在你我之间。”