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20 THE POOL and four times six is thirteen, and four times, seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate! However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: lets try Geography. London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome—no, that’s all wrong, I’m certain! | must have been changed for Mabel! Il try and say ‘How doth the little—” and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do :— “Tow doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! “ Tlow cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws !”
