though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed
to make out exactly what they said.

  The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a
head unless there was a body to cut it off from:  that he had
never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin
at HIS time of life.

  The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be

though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed
to make out exactly what they said.

  The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a
head unless there was a body to cut it off from:  that he had
never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin
at HIS time of life.

  The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be

  }

  /*
   * Note: All of this duplicate code sucks, but it saves a lot of memory. If only Java had mixins!
   * To maintain this code, make a change for the strong reference type. Then, cut and paste, and
   * replace "Strong" with "Soft" or "Weak" within the pasted text. The primary difference is that
   * strong entries store the key reference directly while soft and weak entries delegate to their

  }

  /*
   * Note: All of this duplicate code sucks, but it saves a lot of memory. If only Java had mixins!
   * To maintain this code, make a change for the strong reference type. Then, cut and paste, and
   * replace "Strong" with "Soft" or "Weak" within the pasted text. The primary difference is that
   * strong entries store the key reference directly while soft and weak entries delegate to their