Throughout the game, the Queen constantly argued with the other players and loudly declared, 'Off with his head!' or 'Off with her head!' Her furious outbursts disrupted the game and created chaos among the players. The players who were sentenced by the Queen were then taken away by soldiers, who had to stop their archery to carry out the sentences.

"Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of execution."