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There was nothing the least dishonourable on the part of Jones—it was just the chance of the dice. The dice were always loaded against Smith—and there were other instances of similar kind. THERE WAS NOTHING THE LEAST DISHONORABLE ON THE PART OF JONES IT WAS JUST THE CHANCE OF THE DICE THE DICE WERE ALWAYS LOADED AGAINST SMITH AND THERE WERE OTHER INSTANCES OF SIMILAR KIND
imes he paid with interest. Occasionally, too, he seemed forced to injure himself while contributing to his cousin’s success. 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. Tempted to bitterness sometimes, he did not yield to it, however; the relationship remained frank and pleasant; if anything, it deepened. [147] He remembered once, for instance, giving his cousin a chance introduction which yet led, a little later, to the third party offering certain evidence which lost him an important case—Jones, of course, winning it. The third party, too, angry at being dragged into the case, turned hostile to him, thwarting various subsequent projects. In no other way could Jones have procured this particular evidence; he did not know of its existence even. That chance introduction did it all. Y CONFLICT SMITH ALWAYS PAID SOMETIMES HE PAID WITH INTEREST OCCASIONALLY TOO HE SEEMED FORCED TO INJURE HIMSELF WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO HIS COUSIN'S SUCCESS 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 TEMPTED TO BITTERNESS SOMETIMES HE DID NOT YIELD TO IT HOWEVER THE RELATIONSHIP REMAINED FRANK AND PLEASANT IF ANYTHING IT DEEPENED HE REMEMBERED ONCE FOR INSTANCE GIVING HIS COUSIN A CHANCE INTRODUCTION WHICH YET LED A LITTLE LATER TO THE THIRD PARTY OFFERING CERTAIN EVIDENCE WHICH LOST HIM AN IMPORTANT CASE JONES OF COURSE WINNING IT THE THIRD PARTY TOO ANGERED AT BEING DRAGGED INTO THE CASE TURNED HOSTILE TO HIM THWARTING VARIOUS SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS IN NO OTHER WAY COULD JONES HAVE PROCURED THIS PARTICULAR EVIDENCE HE DID NOT KNOW OF ITS EXISTENCE EVEN THAT CHANCE INTRODUCTION DID IT ALL
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