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(i) Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Hearts_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland
(She is often confused with the Red Queen from the sequel, Through the Looking glass)
(ii) King of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Hearts_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland)
(b) "At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book, cackled out `Silence!' and read out from his book, `Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.'
"Everybody looked at Alice.
" 'I'm not a mile high,' said Alice.
" 'You are,' said the King.
" 'Nearly two miles high,' added the Queen.
" 'Well, I shan't go, at any rate,' said Alice: 'besides, that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.'
" 'It's the oldest rule in the book,' said the King.
" 'Then it ought to be Number One,' said Alice.
"The King turned pale, and shut his note-book hastily.
(b) " 'Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
" 'No, no!' said the Queen. 'Sentence first--verdict afterwards.'
" 'Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly. 'The idea of having the sentence first!'
" 'Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning purple.
" 'I won't!' said Alice.
" 'Off with her head!' the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved.
" 'Who cares for you?' said Alice, (she had grown to her full size by this time.) `You're nothing but a pack of cards!'