about twenty to one
she inquired mischievously . `` Even golf , for a beginner and -- and a woman ; you 've got the swing in an astonishingly short time . In fact , you 've been something of an eye-opener to me , '' he declared . `` If I had been betting , I should have placed the odds about twenty to one against your coming from the West . '' This Eastern complacency , although it did not lower Mr. Spence in her estimation , aroused Honora 's pride . `` That shows how little New Yorkers know of the West , '' she replied , laughing . `` Did n't you suppose there were any gentlewomen there ? ''