Which Alice?
Which Alice?
Which Alice?
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The White Knight Couldn't Quite Remember<br />
third defendant had said, but today I unfortunately cannot remember<br />
which question he asked me. Anyhow, whichever question he<br />
asked me, I knew the answer at the time and told him. Still,<br />
Tweedledum was unable to solve the case."<br />
"This gets more intriguing by the minute," replied <strong>Alice</strong>. "So now<br />
I have enough information to solve the case?"<br />
"Oh, no," replied the Knight, "I must yet tell you more.<br />
"Well," he continued, "only last week I met Humpty Dumpty and<br />
told him everything I've told you so far. I told him all about the<br />
Jabberwocky solving the case and all about the fact that neither<br />
Tweedledee nor Tweedledum could solve it, even with the added<br />
information they had. Humpty Dumpty immediately took out his<br />
pencil and notebook and worked on it quite a while. Finally, he<br />
shook his head and said, 'I don't have enough data! If only you<br />
could remember whether it was the second defendant or the third<br />
defendant whom Tweedledum inquired about, then I might be able<br />
to solve it—but even then, I'm not sure that I could.' Well,<br />
fortunately, I did remember at the time, and I told Humpty Dumpty<br />
which of the two defendants Tweedledum inquired about. I didn't<br />
tell Humpty Dumpty what that defendant said, because I didn't<br />
remember at the time, but I did tell him which defendant it was.<br />
From this, Humpty Dumpty was able to solve the case.<br />
"And now," concluded the White Knight, "I have given you<br />
enough information for you to solve the case."<br />
"<strong>Alice</strong> could really solve this case?" asked <strong>Alice</strong> in astonishment.<br />
"Yes, she could," I replied, "and so can you. Only it involves a<br />
good deal of concentration!" Who was guilty?<br />
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