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Updated: June 28, 2025
"Come," said Percy, "we haven't betted to-day. I'll bet you she will, if you like. Will you bet against it?" "I won't. I can't nibble at anything. Betting's like drinking." "But you can take a glass of wine. This sort of bet is much the same. However, don't; for you would lose."
"The betting's at five to four, my dear. And the race comes off in a month from this." "Oh! go away to your beloved Perry! I hate you. I hope you'll lose the race. Stop in your cottage. Pray don't come back to the house. And mind this! don't presume to say 'my dear' to me again." "It ain't presuming half far enough, is it? Wait a bit.
"Come," said Percy, "we haven't betted to-day. I'll bet you she will, if you like. Will you bet against it?" "I won't. I can't nibble at anything. Betting's like drinking." "But you can take a glass of wine. This sort of bet is much the same. However, don't; for you would lose."
'That's just where the whole business slips up, replied Jim, prodding the table with a pen in a misanthropic manner. 'Betting's the one thing he's absolutely down on. He got done rather badly once a few years ago. Believe he betted on Orme that year he got poisoned. Anyhow he's always sworn to lynch us if we made fools of ourselves that way.
"And he didn't put a single louis on Nana. If the betting's ten to one against Nana he's got nothing to win there. It's absurd to imagine people are so calculating. Where would his interest come in?" Labordette was listening with a quiet expression. Shrugging his shoulders, he said: "Oh, leave them alone; they must have their say.
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