How would you interpret the last two sentences? 1 How would you interpret ‘posted the numbers’ and ‘18.50’ in the second to last sentence? Does the ‘numbers’ in the ‘posted the numbers’ refer to the numbers as ’18.50’? Or does it refer to the numbers of the horses? And what’s the meaning of ’18.50’ here? 2 How would you interpret ‘a ten-lira bet’ in the last sentence? By the way, they bet 100 lire on that horse. Thanks. It’s from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Chapter 20). the context: "Who did you children bet on?" Mrs. Meyers asked. "Japalac." "Really? He's thirty-five to one!" … "He won't pay much," Meyers said. "He's marked thirty-five to one in the quotes," I said. "He won't pay much. At the last minute," Meyers said, "they put a lot of money on him." … "Let's go down and get a drink and see what they pay," Crowell said. We went out to where they posted the numbers and the bell rang to pay off and they put up 18.50 after Japalac to win. That meant he paid less than even money on a ten-lira bet.