Indirect satisfaction. B's place in the favored majority wasn't nearly so secure as B thought it was; that sort of arrogance is what inspired the phrase, "pride goes before a fall."
A had the pleasure of watching B fall, even if A wasn't the one who caused it themselves. One doesn't have to orchestrate another person's misfortune in order to derive satisfaction from it.
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A had the pleasure of watching B fall, even if A wasn't the one who caused it themselves. One doesn't have to orchestrate another person's misfortune in order to derive satisfaction from it.