That's the important question; oh,][52] I'll hop into the cupboard.
Alice.
Not for the world! she is sure to want something out of it. Here, here, get into this clothes-basket, and let me cover you over with the foul linen.
Knickerbocker.
It's a very foul piece of business altogether but I must stomach it whether I will or no.
Music.—She puts him into the basket and covers him with linen.
Dame enters, dragging in Rip.
Dame.
And now, sir, I've got you home, what have you to say for yourself, I should like to know?
Rip.