“Yes,” said Georgie, and added, “You needn’t do anythin’ but jus’ stand there—any of you. I’ll do the actin’.”

“All right,” agreed William, still with disarming humility. “You know all about the story, don’t you?”

“Yes, of course I do.”

“About how King John went into the Wash tryin’ to find his things——”

“Yes, I know all that.”

“An’ the Wash was a kind of a bog——”

“Yes, I know.”

“An’ he came out all muddy but couldn’t find his things ’cause they’d sunk in the mud.”

“Yes, I know.”

“An’ he came to his two servants called Dam an’ Blarst——”