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 THE QUEEN S CROQUET-GROUND 87 and, turning to Alice, she went on: "What's your name, child?" "My name is Alice, so please your Majesty," said Alice very politely; but she added, to herself, "Why, they're only a pack of cards, after all. I needn't be afraid of them!" "And who are these?" said the Queen, pointing to the three gardeners who were lying round the rose-tree; for,, you see, as they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack, she