"Out to the Fair, maybe down to the Yards, duck soup."
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"down to the Yards"
Privett is obviously concerned with what the immigrants and the unionizers down at the Stockyard might be up to. Throwing it out there as an afterthought to flying above the Fair practically stands up and takes an oath on The Bible that the Yard is what he's truly interested in. What could really be happening at the Fair? If there's trouble there, it's not like Privett or his employees will have any role in dealing with it.
"duck soup"
A task that is easily accomplished. Like a midnight run! And both sayings have had movies named after them!
This is where I would research how the phrase "duck soup" came about but I read one essay about it and I have determined that it is a mystery lost to the ages. There were suggestions about why it might exist as a phrase to mean an easily accomplished task but I don't truck in speculation! At least not other people's speculation, anyway.
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