What is this? In this what can I do?
The boss thinks it strange that the two men travel together and is suspicious that George might be taking advantage of Lennie's disability. He believed that possibly George might be keeping Lennie's pay
They wanted to steal from Polyphemus and retreat quickly because Polyphemus is a cyclops. He showed Odysseus and his men hospitality but soon turned hostile eating two of Odysseus men. Basically they wanted to leave so they would make it out alive.
