Quiz

[Polly37]

.the last one but a stinker.
The opening lines bearing these initials of a book from the 1870s.
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SYSTICHHAHITM.

[EdmundD]

"Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There" by Lewis Carroll

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had
nothing to do with it:— it was the black kitten’s fault
entirely. For the white kitten had been having its face
washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and
bearing it pretty well, considering); so you see that it couldn’t
have had any hand in the mischief.

[Mexican18]

Brilliant! Well done.

[Polly37]

Thank you so much EdmundD I have scoured so many books but missed that one. Very grateful to you.