But I feel pretty sure I shall do your act myself." "You are the queerest girl I ever saw!" and Patty looked her astonishment.

"Your frankness and your slyness together are the funniest combination! Just for your queer cleverness, I give you permission to get my place from me if you can! But don't forget I offered it to you." "That's nothing.

Bob Riggs wouldn't let me take it.

But if I get it in some way that he can't help himself, remember that you told me I might." Patty was greatly amused at this conversation, but as other and more important matters quickly demanded her attention, she promptly forgot the whole matter.
The circus proper was to be an evening entertainment, but in the afternoon of the same day, the entire cast of characters marched up and down the streets as an advertisement, hoping to attract attention and rouse curiosity to such an extent that the attendance at the evening performance would be large.
The animals presented a fearsome sight.

Lions, bears, tigers, monkeys, a giraffe and a donkey, were followed by clowns, acrobats, trapeze performers, and jugglers.
Patty, as _premiere danseuse_, rode in a gilded chariot drawn by four gaily caparisoned white horses.