“I have always wanted to be, Mr. Sparling.”
“Oh, you have, eh?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, why don’t you?”
“I have never had the opportunity.”
“You mean you’ve never looked for an opportunity. There are always opportunities for everything, but we have to go after them. You’ve been going after them today for the first time, and you’ve nailed one of them clear up to the splice of the center pole. Understand?”
“Not entirely, sir.”
“Well, do you want to join out with the Great Sparling Combined Shows, or don’t you?”
“You mean—I join the—the—”
Mr. Sparling was observing him narrowly.