Journeys Through Bookland - A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children Volume III (Electronic book text)

Ridiculous! cried the Queen. "Why, don't you see, child--" here she broke off with a frown, and, after thinking for a minute, suddenly changed the subject of the conversation. "What do you mean by 'If you really are a queen?' What right have you to call yourself so? You can't be a queen, you know, till you've passed the proper examination. And the sooner we begin it, the better."