Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously . ` Of course you do n't -- till I tell you . I meant `` there 's a nice knock-down argument for you ! '' ' ` But `` glory '' does n't mean `` a nice knock-down argument , '' ' Alice objected . ` When I use a word , ' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone , ` it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less . ' ` The question is , ' said Alice , ` whether you CAN make words mean so many different things . ' ` The question is , ' said Humpty Dumpty , ` which is to be master -- that 's all . ' Alice was too much puzzled to say anything , so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again . ` They 've a temper , some of them -- particularly verbs , they 're the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with , but not verbs -- however , I can manage the whole lot of them ! Impenetrability ! That 's what I say ! ' ` Would you tell me , please , ' said Alice ` what that means ? ' ` Now you talk like a reasonable child , ' said Humpty Dumpty , looking very much pleased . ' I meant by `` impenetrability '' that we 've had enough of that subject , and it would be just as well if you 'd mention what you mean to do next , as I suppose you do n't mean to stop here all the rest of your life . ' ` That 's a great deal to make one word mean , ' Alice said in a thoughtful tone . ` When I make a word do a lot of work like that , ' said Humpty Dumpty , ' I always pay it extra . ' ` Oh ! ' said Alice . She was too much puzzled to make any other remark . ` Ah , you should see 'em come round me of a Saturday night , ' Humpty Dumpty went on , wagging his head gravely from side to side : ` for to get their wages , you know . '
-LRB- Alice did n't venture to ask what he paid them with ; and so you XXXXX I ca n't tell YOU . -RRB-
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