One to travel to Scotland, and begin with him at his brother's house.

The other to take him up, with a fresh eye to him, on his return to London.

He turned over in his mind the performances of the formidable rival against whom he was to be matched.

That other man was the swiftest runner of the two.
The betting in Geoffrey's favor was betting which calculated on the unparalleled length of the race, and on Geoffrey's prodigious powers of endurance.

How long he should "wait on" the man?
Whereabouts it would be safe to "pick the man up ?" How near the end to calculate the man's exhaustion to a nicety, and "put on the spurt," and pass him?
These were nice points to decide.