In laughing, Gamp opened his mouth to the widest extent. He suddenly closed it, and clapped his hand to his jaw.
"Jee-ru-sa-lem!" he gasped; "there gug-gug-gug-goes that old aching tut-tut-tooth of mine! I was careless to let the night air gug-gug-get into it."
"Why don't you have it pulled out?" asked Diamond.
"I'm going to have it pup-pup-pup-pulled and all the rest of my 'tut-'tut-'tarnel teeth just as soon as I can afford the money to bub-buy a new set," declared Gamp, honestly.
"Why spend your money in such a foolish way?" said Griswold, with apparent seriousness. "Save the dentist's bill. I know a dog that will insert a full set of teeth free of charge."
Open flew Gamp's mouth again, and his braying laugh caused a passing pedestrian to dodge so suddenly that he jumped from under his own hat.
"Say!" exclaimed Charlie Creighton, getting hold of Griswold; "save those till we get to the theatre. Then you can set him going, and we'll have sport."
"Can't save them," declared Danny. "They have to come when the opportunity offers."
And so they went on their way to the theatre, laughing and joking, singing snatches of college songs, and having a jolly time generally.