Quote:

I read it as quite close to your interpretation, with a slight twist.

Bloom's consoling himself that
a. It's hard to read such portents, and
b. It's impossible to accurately forecast the total losses that may arise from even a sucessful initial stake
~ ie, even if you win a bet, it may turn out to be, in the long run, a losing option.



Thanks for your reply. Without it, the thread would have been completely hijacked by Google-ad bibble-babble.