'Oh, don't bother me,' said the Duchess; 'I never could abide figures!' And with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a violent shake at the end of every line:
— Oh non mi seccare, — disse la Duchessa. — Ho sempre odiato i numeri! — E si rimise a cullare il bimbo, cantando una certa sua ninnananna, e dandogli una violenta scossa alla fine d'ogni strofa: