by Lewis Carroll, MacMillan & Co., 1865.
This is the part where I finally get to express my opinion about my guest and her home. I already had this part finished last week, when a tiny, little problem cropped up. Dalton told me I have to read the book before I can review it. I asked him if I had to read the whole thing or if it was enough, only to read the parts where the Queen of Hearts plays a role. He said I have to read it all. Personally, I can’t imagine why. After all, this is my opinion about a book, it’s not a school project. Dalton claims there needs to be some kind of structure to my reviews. I am supposed to say what the book is about before I am allowed to pass judgement on it. How very tedious! To tell you the truth, if I had known the amount of work involved in this column, I never would have started it in the first place. In my opinion, Dalton would be a much better person to take care of this kind of business. He has read just about everything that has been written. He could write the reviews, and I could just sign them. Nothing easier than that. Unfortunately, Dalton sees this a bit differently. He argues that: 1) he could not express himself nearly as well as I could, and 2) it would not be quite honest. The Queen, he explained, must be impeccably honest at all times. I wonder what the Queen of Hearts would say to that. Most likely, she’d have his head chopped off. Ha-ha! Good old Hearts and her chopped off heads! She does have a sense of humor, even if she won’t admit it.
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