The Jabberwock: You've kept me waiting, Alice. Have you never heard that punctuality's a virtue? Alice Liddell: You and my dentist's assistant have much in common. The Jabberwock: You're habitually late, aren't you? Between your dim-witted daydreaming and your preening vanity the hours just fly by; there's barely time for anything else. Alice Liddell: That the best you can do? Hurl second-rate insults? They don't hurt... The Jabberwock: Your family was expecting you to come to them, weren't they? Perhaps they thought you might warn them of the danger... being close to the source as you were. But they waited in vain, didn't they and died for their trouble. Alice Liddell: We were all asleep. It was an accident... I... The Jabberwock: You selfish, misbegotten, and unnatural child! You smelled the smoke. But you were in dreamland taking tea with your friends. You couldn't be bothered. Your room was protected and spared while your family upstairs roasted in an inferno of incredible *horror*! Alice Liddell: Noooooooooooooooo!