said Alice . ` Well , not the NEXT course , ' the Knight said in a slow thoughtful tone : ` no , certainly not the next COURSE . ' ` Then it would have to be the next day . I suppose you would n't have two pudding-courses in one dinner ? ' ` Well , not the NEXT day , ' the Knight repeated as before : ` not the next DAY . In fact , ' he went on , holding his head down , and his voice getting lower and lower , ' I do n't believe that pudding ever WAS cooked ! In fact , I do n't believe that pudding ever WILL be cooked ! And yet it was a very clever pudding to invent . ' ` What did you mean it to be made of ? ' Alice asked , hoping to cheer him up , for the poor Knight seemed quite low-spirited about it . ` It began with blotting paper , ' the Knight answered with a groan . ` That would n't be very nice , I 'm afraid -- ' ` Not very nice ALONE , ' he interrupted , quite eagerly : ` but you 've no idea what a difference it makes mixing it with other things -- such as gunpowder and sealing-wax . And here I must leave you . ' They had just come to the end of the wood . Alice could only look puzzled : she was thinking of the pudding . ` You are sad , ' the Knight said in an anxious tone : ` let me sing you a song to comfort you . ' ` Is it very long ? ' Alice asked , for she had heard a good deal of poetry that day . ` It 's long , ' said the Knight , ` but very , VERY beautiful . Everybody that hears me sing it -- either it brings the TEARS into their eyes , or else -- ' ` Or else what ? '
XXXXX Alice , for the Knight had made a sudden pause .
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