Alice konnte ganz deutlich sehen, daß alle Geschworne »dumme Dinger!« auf ihre Tafeln schrieben, und sie merkte auch, daß Einer von ihnen nicht wußte, wie es geschrieben wird, und seinen Nachbar fragen mußte. »Die Tafeln werden in einem schönen Zustande sein, wenn das Verhör vorüber ist!« dachte Alice.
Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their shoulders, that all the jurors were writing down 'stupid things!' on their slates, and she could even make out that one of them didn't know how to spell 'stupid,' and that he had to ask his neighbour to tell him. 'A nice muddle their slates'll be in before the trial's over!' thought Alice.