Mr. Platter

Sidney Platter was a builder and undertaker living in Went-le-Craye. His businesses began to fail, as he had less customers for funerals, the brick factory closed down, and a tea business failed. He constantly attempted to make his model village more impressive than whatever Mr. Pott put out, and spied on him to gain information.

While spying, he discovers the Borrowers, and hatches a plan with his wife to steal them. They keep them imprisoned in the attic while Mr. Platter works on a glass house to display them, planning to start exhibiting them in the spring.

The ending of The Borrowers Aloft stayes that they eventually go to live near Mrs. Platter’s married daughter in London. However, in The Borrowers Avenged, they try at all costs to regain the Borrowers, even breaking back into Little Fordham. They go to the church trying to get Lady Mullings to “find” the Borrowers using Homily’s apron, but spot Timmus. He hides in the poorbox, and they return later that night to break in. In escaping, he rings the church bell, and numerous people including a policeman catch the Platters in the act of breaking in. Mr. Platter’s fate is unknown, but rumors say that he has gone to prison, others that he has been fined and the Platters have moved to Australia, where his brother lives.

Description
Mr. Platter is very thin, with a purplish complexion.