<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "The Bet" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Anton Chekhov </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original title </Th> <Td> "Пари" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> Russia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> Russian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published in </Th> <Td> Novoye Vremya </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Adolf Marks (1901) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 14 January 1889 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "The Bet" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Anton Chekhov </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original title </Th> <Td> "Пари" </Td> </Tr>

Which of the following plot elements came first in the plot of the wager