Barry Pain

“ Think what the betting might be between two men each holding a certainty—onward and upward in a mad and monstrous progression, each separate bet transcending the wildest imaginings of the drunkard mathematician! I despise time. I have a contempt for space. Language is no good, and splits as soon as you try to make it fit the unusually large. My eyes are looking toward largeness—towards the conditions under which the perfect betting on the perfect cards would be possible. ”

“ What business can this be of anybody except Gorrosmith and myself?"
"Oh, very well," said the third man. "If your father likes to pay your gambling debts, it's no concern of nine. I myself never will bet more than I can lose without missing, and I think you are beginning to go beyond that. However, as you say, it's your own affair."
"Barrobrown," said Gorrosmith, with a great and unnatural self-restraint, "would you kindly remember that it's your turn to speak?" ”

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