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bet on？〃
〃Japalac。〃
〃Really？ He's thirty…five to one！〃
〃We liked his color。〃
〃I didn't。 I thought he looked seedy。 They told me not to back him。〃
〃He won't pay much；〃 Meyers said。
〃He's marked thirty…five to one in the quotes；〃 I said。
〃He won't pay much。 At the last minute；〃 Meyers said； 〃they put a lot of money on him。〃
〃No。〃
〃Kempton and the boys。 You'll see。 He won't pay two to one。〃
〃Then we won't get three thousand lire；〃 Catherine said。 〃I don't like this crooked racing！〃
〃We'll get two hundred lire。〃
〃That's nothing。 That doesn't do us any good。 I thought we were going to get three thousand。〃
〃It's crooked and disgusting；〃 Ferguson said。
〃Of course；〃 said Catherine； 〃if it hadn't been crooked we'd never have backed him at all。 But I would have liked the three thousand lire。〃
〃Let's go down and get a drink and see what they pay；〃 Crowell said。 We went out to where they posted the numbers and the bell rang to pay off and they put up 18。50 after Japalac to win。 That meant he paid less than even money on a ten…lira bet。
We went to the bar under the grand…stand and had a whiskey and soda apiece。 We ran into a couple of Italians we knew and McAdams； the vice…consul； and they came up with us when we joined the girls。 The Italians were full of manners and McAdams talked to Catherine while we went down to bet again。 Mr。 Meyers was standing near the pari…mutuel。
