pardon

“Oh, I beg your pardon!” cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal’s feelings.

She is such a dear quiet thing,” Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the pool, “and she sits purring so nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face—and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse—and she’s such a capital one for catching mice—oh, I beg your pardon!” cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really offended.

“I beg your pardon!” said the Mouse, frowning, but very politely: “Did you speak?”

“I beg your pardon,” said Alice very humbly: “you had got to the fifth bend, I think?”