`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice.   [перевод...]

`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'   [перевод...]

`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'   [перевод...]

`Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock. For instance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!'   [перевод...]

(`I only wish it was,' the March Hare said to itself in a whisper.)   [перевод...]

`That would be grand, certainly,' said Alice thoughtfully: `but then—I shouldn't be hungry for it, you know.'   [перевод...]