I originally interpreted the following as subtly implying the students were using prediction markets
A sudden air of attentiveness, as of long-standing disputes about to be settled. “Well, finally,” someone said, as Millicent tried to catch her breath. “He’s only got, what, ten days left to go bad?”
“Eleven days,” said the seventh-year who was running the betting pool.
But it seems more likely that eleven days is how long the year has left.
I originally interpreted the following as subtly implying the students were using prediction markets
But it seems more likely that eleven days is how long the year has left.
They’re not mutually exclusive. Doesn’t the mention of a betting pool make it pretty explicit?
That’s what I thought too, but any idea why the chapter ends by saying “nine days yet remained”?
Either EY has made a little error, or the narrator is giving us information outside the minds of the characters. Or something else of course.