Read this excerpt from The First Men in the Moon
It is scarcely necessary to go into the details of the speculations that landed me at Lympne, in Kent. Nowadays even about business transactions there is a strong spice of adventure. I took risks. In these things there is invariably a certain amount of give and take, and it fell to me finally to do the giving reluctantly enough.
Which conclusion about Mr. Bedford is implied in the quote above?
He took risks in his business transactions
He is willing to try a new adventure
He is reluctant to continue a career in business
He experienced a business failure