"I hardly know how to say what I do mean," said Alice, whose spirit within her was rising higher as the occasion for using it came upon her. "I am assured that you and I, Lady Midlothian, differ very much as to a certain matter; and as it is one in which I must be guided by my own opinion, and not that of any other person, perhaps--"

"I hardly know how to say what I mean," said Alice, her spirit rising higher. "I am sure that you and I, Lady Midlothian, differ very much about a certain matter, in which I must be guided by my own opinion-"
