There was not much likelihood now that a third encounter would take place, and the fact is that from that day to this I have never seen the young man again, in conformity with the established laws of probability.


Exercises in Style, Probabilist (p. 1850, New Direction Publishing Corporation.


There was not much likelihood now that a third encounter would take place, and the fact is that from that day to this I have never seen the young man ...

There was not much likelihood now that a third encounter would take place, and the fact is that from that day to this I have never seen the young man ...

There was not much likelihood now that a third encounter would take place, and the fact is that from that day to this I have never seen the young man ...

There was not much likelihood now that a third encounter would take place, and the fact is that from that day to this I have never seen the young man ...