That was the way he viewed the matter on the instant.

He replied to Sibley cheerfully.

"A hundred to one is a lot when you win it," he said enigmatically.
"It depends on how much you have on," was Sibley's quiet reply--"a dollar or a thousand dollars.
"If you've got a big thing on, and you've got an outsider that you think is goin' to win and beat the favourite, it's just as well to run no risks.

Believe me, Mr.Kerry, if you've got anything on that asks for your attention, it'd be sense and saving if you didn't give evidence at the Logan Trial next week.

It's pretty well-guessed what you're goin' to say and what you know, and you take it from me, the M'Mahon mob that's behind Logan 'll have it in for you.