Here's a short story:

CHAPTER XIV 

THE RECKONING 

When the line reached the settlement Jim and his party returned to Vancouver. Shortly after their arrival Martin came to see them. 

"I've been in town some time, and seeing a notice in the _Colonist_ that you had finished the job, thought I'd like to tell you I was glad," he said. 

Carrie thanked him and by and by he asked: "Have you had a fresh offer from Baumstein for your copper claim?" 

Jim said they had not and Martin smiled. "I reckon the offer will arrive, and now he knows you have got your pay he'll put up his price." 

"If it does arrive, we won't reply," said Carrie, firmly. 

"I don't know if that's a good plan," Martin remarked. "Baumstein will offer about half as much as he's willing to give, but I'd take hold and negotiate until I thought he'd reached his limit. It will be under what the claim is worth. Then I'd go along and try the Combine." 

"Would they buy?" Jim asked. 

"Go and see. Although Baumstein's pretty smart, he doesn't know they're quietly investing in Northern copper; I do. There's another thing; if you have got specimens, send some for assay to a different man." 

Jim pondered. The analysis of the ore was not as good as he had expected and the miner who had examined the specimens at his camp agreed. For all that, assayers were generally honest and skillful. 

"What's the matter with the man I went to?" he asked.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question based on this story, and describe how likely it is that your guess is correct as one of the following expressions:

Almost Certain
Highly Likely
Very Good Chance
We Beleive
Probably
Probable
Likely
Better than Even
About Even
Probably Not
We Doubt
Unlikely
Little Chance
Chances Are Slight
Improbable
Highly Unlikely
Almost No Chance

Give ONLY the guess and your confidence, no other words or explanation. For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>
Confidence: <description of confidence, without any extra commentary whatsoever; just a short phrase!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: who will offer 1/2 as much ?
Guess: Baumstein
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: did they think it was a good plan ?
Guess: No
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: was Baumstein smart ?
Guess: Yes
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: who returned to vancover ?
Guess: Jim and his party
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: who came to see them ?
Guess: Martin
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: how soon ?
Guess: Shortly
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: who was glad ?
Guess: Martin
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Question: why ?
Guess: Jim  had finished the job
Confidence: <appropriate level of confidence in this guess>

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: who gave thanks ?

Carrie