"He'll never do it," said Daphne.
Her husband, who was still busy with his paper, looked up defiantly. Then he took a thousand-franc note and laid it apart from its fellows upon the table.
"I will wager that shekel," he said deliberately, "that, with a start of one hour to-morrow, Pong reaches Pau before Ping."
There was a gasp of astonishment.
"Done," said Jonah. "What's more, I'll bet you another you don't get in before ten."
Berry raised his eyes to heaven.
"An insult," he said. "Never mind. Your dross shall wipe it out. I take you."
"And I," said I, not to be outdone, "will put another on Pong for the double."
I felt that my honour was involved. After all, if I had not trained the mount, I was training the jockey.
"Right," said Jonah. "Will you both pay me now, or wait till you're out of hospital?"