Diaz turned his back on him.
"Very well, sir," said the Circus Boy, a little proudly and with slightly heightened color, "I shall not trouble you again."
Phil turned away and began unpacking his trunk, giving no further heed to the sullen clown.
"The Honorable Mr. Diaz says 'nix,'" laughed Teddy, who had been an amused witness to the one-sided conversation, the word "nix" being the circus man's comprehensive way of saying, "I refuse."
"Don't stir him up, Teddy," warned Phil.
"Say, what's going on over in the women's dressing tent?"
"I did not know that anything out of the ordinary was happening there," said Phil. "Why?"
"I see a lot of folks going in and out."
"Nothing unusual about that, I guess."
"Yes, there is."