human
He has some surprise up his sleeve, I am sure,
gpt
I do not, answered the clown.
human
This route has kept me guessing. Boss Sparling may be headed for Australia for all I know. He's just as likely to go there as anywhere else. Has the Spaniard bothered you since that mix-up?
gpt
No.
human
Well, keep away from him. That is my advice.
gpt
I shall not bother him. You may depend upon that, Mr. Miaco. I can't say as much for Teddy.
human
Teddy put up that job with January last night, didn't he?
gpt
He hasn't said so.
human
Not necessary. I saw the whole thing. Lucky for Teddy that Mr. Sparling did not happen to be about.
gpt
I am not so sure that he was not.
human
What?
gpt
Yes, he saw it all right, but I guess he doesn't know about the trouble in the dressing tent yesterday.
human
No, I think not. I hope he does not hear of it, either. I do not wish Mr. Sparling to think that I am a troublemaker, or that I was mixed up in an unseemly row in the dressing tent. I should feel very much humiliated were I to be called to account for a thing like that. What are all those flags flying for in town today?
gpt
Don't you know?
human
No, I don't.
gpt
You don't know what day this is?
human
No, sir.
gpt
This is Decoration Day.
human
Oh, that's so.
gpt
We lose all track of days in the show business. I'll wager you do not even know what town we are performing in today,
human
I shall have to confess that I do not.
gpt
I thought so. Of course you know we are in the state of Illinois?
human
Yes, I think I have heard something to that effect,