Chapter

 1 5|    Thuillier."~ ~Bixiou. "I'll bet you a breakfast that I can
 2 5|       are~three powers you may bet a thousand to one that a
 3 6|     division."~ ~Fleury. "I'll bet a hundred francs that Baudoyer
 4 6|      Vimeux. "I'll join in the bet; will you, Monsieur Poiret?"~ ~
 5 6|        Will nobody take up the bet on~my side?"~ ~Dutocq. "
 6 6|  Monsieur Phellion. Well, I'll bet a dinner~costing five hundred
 7 6|   action for~the recovery of a bet."~ ~Dutocq. "Proscribe a
 8 6|   office]. "Du Bruel! Will you bet?"~ ~Du Bruel [appearing
 9 6|       quiet; you can laugh and bet afterwards."~ ~Bixiou. "
10 6|            Bixiou. "About that bet? Does the entire bureau
11 6|        entire bureau Rabourdin bet against~me?"~ ~All. "Yes."~ ~
12 6|    Bixiou. "Well, I accept the bet,--for this reason; you can
13 6|      wise and equitable~that I bet Rabourdin will not be appointed.
14 8| Believing that he had lost his bet the incorrigible joker~thought
15 8|        copies of Shylock.~I'll bet their money is lent in the
16 8|     Bixiou. "Do you forget our bet? don't you know I was backing