"I don't care," he said, at length. "I'm sure I think Toby Tyler
sounds just as well as Monsieur Ajax, an' I'm sure it fits me a
good deal better."
"That may be," said Ben, soothingly; "but you see it wouldn't go
down so well with the public. They want furrin riders, an' they
must have 'em, even if it does spoil your name."
Despite the fact that he did not like the new name that had been
given him, Toby could not but feel pleased at the glowing terms
in which his performance was set off; but he did not at all relish
the lie that was told about his having been with Ella in Europe,
and he would have been very much better pleased if that portion of
it had been left off.
During the forenoon he did not go near Mr. Lord nor his candy stand,
for Mr. Castle kept him and Ella busily engaged in practicing the
feat which they were to perform in the afternoon, and it was almost
time for the performance to begin before they were allowed even to
go to their dinner.
Ella, who had performed several years, was very much more excited
over the coming debut than Toby was, and the reason why he did not
show more interest was, probably, because of his great desire to
leave the circus as soon as possible, and during that forenoon he
thought very much more of how he should get back to Guilford and
Uncle Daniel than he did of how he should get along when he stood
before the audience.
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