Agnes said she was sorry about this outcome. Presumably, they’d already reached everyone in the whole world who might consider betting. The market, so to speak, was saturated. ‘But five hundred and fourteen million isn’t nothing,’ she felt. Aleko was utterly fascinated by the disappointment radiating from his violet-haired friend. ‘How much had you been expecting?’ he asked. ‘It would have been fun to hit a billion.’
