BUT THE OTHERS AGREED TO DISLIKE PHYLLIS
Then Phyllis came to the boot-hole, and unlocked it.
And the boot-hole was a dear little place, very dark and dewy, with bricks for the floor, and a glass-hole at the top with wire over it, so he couldn't get out that way.
And it was furnished all round the walls with blacking bottles, and across the middle with a knife-board done up in red powder by the King's command, to make it comfie for him.
Then Phyllis tried to collect mannikin; only he wouldn't be collected.
So Phyllis said,
"Why?"
But mannikin only sat on his hands on the knife-board, with his back very round, and said,
"Becob I won't," which wasn't a bit like mannikin, for though he was so mischievous, he was very merry too mostly always.
Then Phyllis answered quite kindly,