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It was very curious. He reflected much upon it; he wondered what the origin of their tie and rivalry might be, but especially why it was that he invariably lost, and why he was so often obliged to help his rival to the point even of his own detriment. IT WAS VERY CURIOUS HE REFLECTED MUCH UPON IT HE WONDERED WHAT THE ORIGIN OF THEIR TIE AND RIVALRY MIGHT BE BUT ESPECIALLY WHY IT WAS THAT HE INVARIABLY LOST AND WHY HE WAS SO OFTEN OBLIGED TO HELP HIS RIVAL TO THE POINT EVEN OF HIS OWN DETRIMENT
 lifetime!), the attitude between them was that of unwilling rivals. For they were friends as well. Jones, it appears, was hardly aware that any rivalry existed; he did not think of Smith as an opponent, and as an adversary, never. He did notice, however, the constantly recurring meetings, for more than once he commented on them with good-humoured amusement. Smith, on the other hand, was conscious of a depth and strength in the tie that certainly intrigued him; being of a thoughtful, introspective nature, he was keenly sensible of the strange competition in their lives, and sought in various ways for its explanation, though without success. The desire to find out was very strong in him. And this was natural enough, owing to the singular fact that in all their battles he was the one to lose. Invariably Jones got the best of every conflict. Smith always paid; sometimes he paid with interest. Occasionally, too, he seemed forced to injure himself while contributing to his cousin’s success. ITHER OFFER OF MARRIAGE DURING SMITH'S LIFETIME THE ATTITUDE BETWEEN THEM WAS THAT OF UNWILLING RIVALS FOR THEY WERE FRIENDS AS WELL JONES IT APPEARS WAS HARDLY AWARE THAT ANY RIVAL EXISTED HE DID NOT THINK OF SMITH AS AN OPPONENT OR AS AN ADVERSARY NEVER HE DID NOTICE HOWEVER THE CONSTANTLY RECURRING MEETINGS FOR MORE THAN ONCE HE COMMENTED ON THEM WITH GOOD HUMOURED AMUSEMENT SMITH ON THE OTHER HAND WAS CONSCIOUS OF A DEPTH AND STRENGTH IN THE TIE THAT CERTAINLY INTRIGUED HIM BEING OF A THOUGHTFUL INTROSPECTIVE NATURE WAS KEENLY SENSIBLE OF THE STRANGE COMPETITION IN THEIR LIVES AND SOUGHT IN VARIOUS WAYS FOR ITS EXPLANATION THOUGH WITHOUT SUCCESS THE DESIRE TO FIND OUT WAS VERY STRONG IN HIM AND THIS WAS NATURAL ENOUGH OWING TO THE SINGULAR FACT THAT IN ALL THEIR BATTLES HE WAS THE ONE TO LOSE INVARIABLY JONES GOT THE BEST OF EVERY CONFLICT SMITH ALWAYS PAID SOMETIMES HE PAID WITH INTEREST OCCASIONALLY TOO HE SEEMED FORCED TO INJURE HIMSELF WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO HIS COUSIN'S SUCCESS
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