about twenty to one
Bellamy smiled . `` It 's a great adventure , '' he declared , `` to come to any one like you . To tell you the truth , I ca n't imagine how you had the pluck -- do n't misunderstand me , I mean the moral pluck -- to run such a risk . Why , at the moment you used those notes , '' Bellamy continued , `` the odds must have been about twenty to one against your not being found out . '' `` One does n't stop to count the odds , '' Laverick said grimly . `` I saw a chance of salvation and I went for it . And now about this letter . ''