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I had a longer drive, and had to get married on the way, and ah, here they are! 'Lady coming? 'I fancy she sticks to the coach; I don't know her tastes. Madge must see her through it, that's positive. Potts deferred his astonishment at the things he was hearing and seeing, which were only Fleetwood's riddles. The fight and the bets rang every other matter out of his head.
Doubtless he must be greatly discontented at the dissipated conduct and extravagance of a man, with whom he is soon to be so nearly connected. For some time, the scene was truly ridiculous: the agitation of the parties concerned, and the bets that were laid upon the old women, were absurd beyond measure.
However the old lord might ground his apprehension, it was so far verified by his son's conduct, that, from an observer of the various games of chance which he witnessed, he came, by degrees, by moderate hazards, and small bets or wagers, to take a certain interest in them.
I've wrestled with the best men of every town in the county, Newburyport, Ipswich, Gloucester, Marblehead, Salem, and thrown them all. I've been from one end of the county to the other, and not a man can stand up against me. I hear you've got the best man in Middlesex in this town, and I've come to throw him. If you think I can't, make your bets.
Always did say that a man who's going to gamble is smart to cover his bets." At the control tower they parted, and Tom walked into the clearance office. Johnny's watch-man had startled him, and for the first time he felt a chill of apprehension.
Then they had a conversation befitting the day and their time of life: about the next pigeon-match at Battersea, with relative bets upon Ross and Osbaldiston; about Mademoiselle Ariane of the French Opera, and who had left her, and how she was consoled by Panther Carr; and about the fight between the Butcher and the Pet, and the probabilities that it was a cross.
"If I were you fellows I wouldn't overlook any bets," he answered meaningly. "Why New Year's Day any more than Christmas, or any other day?" "Because," answered Lapierre, "on Christmas Day, or any other day before New Year's Day, you won't find a damned thing but an empty hole that is why. Well, I must be going." He fastened the throat of his parka and drew on his cap and mittens. "So long!
"And the worst of it is," he concluded, "I'm 'marked' with guns. I've always been that way." "Tut! tut! Don't alarm yourself. If Covington shouldn't come, the race will be declared off." "No chance," announced the trainer, with utter conviction. "These thugs have made it pay or play, and the bets are down." "You know I can't run." "If he don't come, you'll have to!" "Absurd!
In the first place, it appeared that he had gone to bed very tipsy, and that he was heard sing ing and noisy in his room while getting to bed not the mood in which men make away with themselves. Then the memorandum book in which his bets were noted was nowhere to be found. That, you know, was very odd. His keys were there attached to a chain. He wore a great deal of gold and trinkets.
"I don't see why I should; in fact, if it turns out to be a fine day, I was thinking of taking you." "Never, never! I'll go a hundred miles the other way first. I hate the sound of the very word!" "But the question of going to see the race or staying at home has very little to do with the matter. Bets are all booked safely enough before the race begins, you may depend.
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