She throws the old man down on the bed and apologizes to the others. The boy makes it up to eight successful lights when the door suddenly opens and a woman rushes in yelling in Spanish. The boy’s hand is tied to the desk with his pinky sticking out and the man holds a chopping knife at the ready.
They all go up to the old man’s room where he prepares for the bet. After some deliberation, the boy agrees to the bet. If the boy loses, the man will cut off the little finger on his left hand. The old man laughs and offers to up the stakes: If the boy can light his lighter ten times in a row, he will give him a brand new Cadillac. The boy is surprised but agrees to bet a dollar. When he boasts that his lighter always lights, even in such wind, the old man asks if he’s willing to bet on it. They are joined by an American boy and an English girl, and the boy offers them all a cigarette. This narrator is lounging by a pool at a Jamaican hotel when he meets a strange little South American man in a white suit and cream Panama hat. Spoiler warning! The narrator of this famous story is never named, but I always presumed him to be an English writer (i.e.
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