We found a fox though unfortunately the poor brute was dead." "The bet's off I should say.

What do you say, Larry ?" Then Runciman argued his case at great length and with much ability.
It had been intended that the bet should be governed by the fact whether Dillsborough Wood did or did not contain a fox on that morning.

He himself had backed the wood, and Botsey had been strong in his opinion against the wood.

Which of them had been practically right?
Had not the presence of the poisoned fox shown that he was right?
"I think you ought to pay," said Larry.
"All right," said Botsey riding on, and telling himself that that was what came from making a bet with a man who was not a gentleman.
"He's as unhappy about that hat," said Runciman, "as though beer had gone down a penny a gallon.".