A good story about right and wrong, and how being an adult doesn't make a wrong, right. Beaver's been instilled with a strong sense of that.
This idea (among several commenters) that Langley should have been out $1000 is wrong. If he had lost the $500 in the first place, there would have been no second bet to correct his cheating. To double the bet would probably not have been accepted and would have likely brought forth the idea that he (Langley) had cheated the previous week (risking his club membership!).
Bye, bye. And buy bonds.
And now to fulfil the character requirement here I will ramble on incoherently.
This idea (among several commenters) that Langley should have been out $1000 is wrong. If he had lost the $500 in the first place, there would have been no second bet to correct his cheating. To double the bet would probably not have been accepted and would have likely brought forth the idea that he (Langley) had cheated the previous week (risking his club membership!).
Bye, bye. And buy bonds.
And now to fulfil the character requirement here I will ramble on incoherently.