<P> The day before the fifteen - year period concludes , the banker resolves to kill the lawyer so as to not owe him the money . On his way to do so , however , the banker finds a note written by the lawyer . The note declares that in his time in confinement he has learned to despise material goods as fleeting things and he believes that knowledge is worth more than money . To this end he elects to renounce the reward of the bet . The banker was moved and shocked to his bones after reading the note , kisses the strange man on the head and leaves the lodge weeping , relieved not to have to kill anyone . The prison warden later reports that the lawyer has left the guest house , thus losing the bet but proving his point that solitary confinement is more humane than death punishment as it gives a chance to a person ( the lawyer in this story ) to develop himself . The lawyer also unwittingly saves his own life by writing the note . </P>
<P> The day before the fifteen - year period concludes , the banker resolves to kill the lawyer so as to not owe him the money . On his way to do so , however , the banker finds a note written by the lawyer . The note declares that in his time in confinement he has learned to despise material goods as fleeting things and he believes that knowledge is worth more than money . To this end he elects to renounce the reward of the bet . The banker was moved and shocked to his bones after reading the note , kisses the strange man on the head and leaves the lodge weeping , relieved not to have to kill anyone . The prison warden later reports that the lawyer has left the guest house , thus losing the bet but proving his point that solitary confinement is more humane than death punishment as it gives a chance to a person ( the lawyer in this story ) to develop himself . The lawyer also unwittingly saves his own life by writing the note . </P>
who wins the bet in the short story the bet
who wins the bet in the short story the bet
banker
banker