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The executioner’s argument was , that you couldn’t cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from : that he had never had to do such a thing before , and he wasn’t going to begin at his time of life . The King’s argument was , that anything that had a head could be beheaded , and that you weren’t to talk nonsense . The Queen’s argument was , that if something wasn’t done about it in less than no time she’d have everybody executed , all round . ( It was this last remark that had made the whole party look so grave and anxious . ) Alice could think of nothing else to say but “ It belongs to the Duchess : you’d better ask her about it . ” “ She’s in prison , ” the Queen said to the executioner : “ fetch her here . ” And the executioner went off like an arrow . The Cat’s head began fading away the moment he was gone , and , by the time he had come back with the Duchess , it had entirely disappeared ; so the King and the executioner ran wildly up and down looking for it , while the rest of the party went back to the game . CHAPTER IX . The Mock Turtle’s Story “ You can’t think how glad I am to see you again , you dear old thing ! ” said the Duchess , as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice’s , and they walked off together . Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper , and thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen . “ When I’m a Duchess , ” she said to herself , ( not in a very hopeful tone though ) , “ I won’t have any pepper in my kitchen at all . Soup does very well without — Maybe it’s always pepper that makes people hot - tempered , ” she went on , very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule , “ and vinegar that makes them sour — and camomile that makes them bitter — and — and barley - sugar and such things that make children sweet - tempered . I only wish people knew that : then they wouldn’t be so stingy about it , you know — ” She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time , and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear . “ You’re thinking about something , my dear , and that makes you forget to talk . I can’t tell you just now what the moral of that is , but I shall remember it in a bit . ” “ Perhaps it hasn’t one , ” Alice ventured to remark . “ Tut , tut , child ! ” said the Duchess . “ Everything’s got a moral , if only you can find it . ” And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice’s side as she spoke . Alice did not much like keeping so close to her : first , because the Duchess was very ugly ; and secondly , because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice’s shoulder , and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin . However , she did not like to be rude , so she bore it as well as she could . “ The game’s going on rather better now , ” she said , by way of keeping up the conversation a little .
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