Question

The bet was struck between the banker and the

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The bet was struck between the banker and the young lawyer.

• The above sentence is an extract from the short story 'The Bet' by Anton Chekhov.
• The banker and the lawyer have an argument in the beginning of the story about whether the death penalty is better or worse than imprisonment for life.
• The twenty five year old lawyer believed that living in a cell his whole life was better than not living at all because of the death penalty. However, the banker disagreed.
• This led to a bet being struck between them that if the lawyer could stay in solitary confinement for fifteen years, the banker would pay him two million.