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15 CHAPTER III. A CAUCUS-RACE AND A LONG TALE 'Ugh!' said the Lory, with a shiver. 'I beg your pardon!' said the Mouse, frowning, but very politely, 'Did you speak?' 'Not I!' said the Lory hastily. 'I thought you did,' said the Mouse, ' - I proceed. "Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him; and even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found it advisable - " ' 'Found whatT said the Duck. 'Found it,' the Mouse replied rather crossly, 'of course you know what "it" means.' 'I know what "it" means well enough when I find a thing,' said the Duck, 'it's generally a frog or a worm. The question is, what did the archbishop find?' The Mouse did not notice this question, but hurriedly went on, ' " - found it advisable to go with Edgar Atheling to meet William and offer him the crown. William's conduct at first was moderate. But the insolence of his Normans - " How are you getting on now, my dear?' it continued, turning to Alice as it spoke. 'As wet as ever,' said Alice in a melancholy tone, 'it doesn't seem to dry me at all.' 'In that case,' said the Dodo solemnly, rising to its feet, T move that the meet- ing adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more energetic remedies - ' 'Speak English! ' said the Eaglet, T don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do either!' And the Eaglet bent down its head to hide a smile; some of the other birds tittered audibly. 'What I was going to say,' said the Dodo in an offended tone, 'was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race.'
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