'Todds is jolly well backed.

He's in prime condition.

He's the favourite of the knowing ones.' 'You wouldn't have the odds, if he weren't.' 'No; but the odds are like ten per cent.: they conjure the gale, and be hanged,' said Potts; he swore at his betting mania, which destroyed the pleasure of the show he loved.
All in the ring were shaking hands.

Shots of a desire to question and comment sped through Carinthia's veins and hurt her.

She had gathered that she spoke foolishly to her husband's ear, so she kept her mouth shut, though the unanswered of her inquisitive ignorance in the strange land pricked painfully at her bosom.