ng over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to
be full of soup.
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<p>
  &O;There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!&C; Alice said to
herself, as well as she could for sneezing.
</p>
<p>
  There was certainly too much of it in the air.  Even the
Duchess sneezed occasionally; and as for the baby, it was
sneezing and howling alternately without a moment's pause.  The
only things in the kitchen that did not sneeze, were the cook,
and a large cat which was sitting on the hearth