Ten hours the first day,’ said the Mock Turtle: ‘nine the next, and so on.’
‘What a curious plan!’ exclaimed Alice.
‘That’s the reason they’re called lessons,’ the Gryphon remarked: ‘because they lessen from day to day.’
Алиса в Стране чудес. Алиса в Зазеркалье = Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking Glass
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Lewis Carroll