“Nothing but bill-toppers,” said Jimmy. “Picked turns from the first to the last ...”
“Which will be you,” Harrasford broke in.
“Yes ... I ... or somebody else ...”
“What do you mean, somebody else?”
“Perhaps,” said Jimmy, “to heighten the effect of my turn ... for reasons which I’ll explain to you ... perhaps it would be better to have a woman ... better for the success of the attraction!” he hastened to add, at an astonished gesture of Harrasford’s.
“And ... are you sure?” asked the other.
“I think so,” said Jimmy.
“The program first,” said Harrasford, returning to his notes.
“We open with a gallery in marble and gold, something showy and quaint, in the Potsdam style, with a negress inside.”
“I know. Light of Asia, eh? The armless Chinese girl whom I discovered at Poplar.... Music of cymbals and triangles, eh?”