'And that's the jury-box,' thought Alice, 'and those twelve creatures,'
(she was obliged to say 'creatures,' you see, because some of them were
animals, and some were birds,) 'I suppose they are the jurors.' She said
this last word two or three times over to herself, being rather proud of it:
for she thought, and rightly too, that very few little girls of her age knew
the meaning of it at all. However, 'jury-men' would have done just as well.
The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates. 'What are they doing?'
Alice whispered to the Gryphon. 'They can't have anything to put down yet, before
the trial's begun.'
'They're putting down their names,' the Gryphon whispered in reply, 'for fear they
should forget them before the end of the trial.'
'Stupid things!' Alice began in a loud, indignant voice, but she stopped hastily,
for the White Rabbit cried out, 'Silence in the court!' and the King put on his
spectacles and looked anxiously round, to make out who was talking.
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.
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