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After reading a little from the chess column of some good author, I descend to the salon and greet my family smilingly in order to open the day auspiciously. We all then sing around the parlor organ a little pean entitled, "It's Funny When You Feel That Way."
After dinner they played chess together all the evening, and then parted, apparently the best of friends on both sides, really good friends on the duke's. The next morning a letter was handed Valerie, while she sat at breakfast with the duke. She recognized the handwriting of Count de Volaski, and put it in her pocket to read when she was alone. The duke was not suspicious or inquisitive.
Evelyn was out, to play chess, read aloud, or assist in that re-editing of the cream of the "Traveller's Joy," which seemed the invalid's great amusement. Fordham had a few scruples at first, and when Allen had undertaken to come to him for the whole afternoon of a garden-party, he consulted Barbara whether it was not permitting too great a sacrifice of valuable time.
I had taken a club to kill a flea, and committed all sorts of enormities to get there at an hour when the entire establishment were going to bed, only to find my young gentleman perfectly well and playing chess with one of the nurses. On leaving the school I found the rain had ceased and the moon was shining brightly.
Each year there were two planet-wide contests held, one for men and one for women. This was not an attempt at sexual discrimination, but a logical facing of facts. Inherent differences prevented fair contests for example, it is impossible for a woman to win a large chess tournament and this fact was recognized. Anyone could enter for any number of years. There were no scoring handicaps.
My apartments at Mont Louis being small, and the situation of the alcove charming, I conducted the prince to it, where, to complete the condescension he was pleased to show me, he chose I should have the honor of playing with him a game of chess. I knew he beat the Chevalier de Lorenzy, who played better than I did.
The Khalif was astounded at her quickness and understanding and said to Ibrahim, 'Put off thy clothes. So he rose and said, 'I call all who are present in this assembly to witness that she is more learned than I and all the learned men. And he put off his clothes and gave them to her, saying, 'Take them and may God not bless them to thee! The Khalif ordered him fresh clothes and said to Taweddud, 'There is one thing left of that for which thou didst engage, namely, chess. And he sent for professors of chess and draughts and backgammon.
Everybody, talking idly or concentrating on writing up the day's observations, stiffened. Luis Gofredo, dozing in a chair, was on his feet instantly and crossing the hut to the instruments. His second-in-command, who had been playing chess with Willi Schallenmacher, rose and snatched his belt from the back of his chair, putting it on. "Take it easy," Gofredo said.
Every day seemed to drive that past further off, and to increase the sense of detachment from that other man and his works; yet every night a hand, like the hand of some remorseless chess player, put things back in their places. With the falling of the curtain of sleep he became metamorphosed.
After tea we boys went into the kitchen again, leaving our tutors playing at chess, which Mr Clare was trying to teach Captain Mugford. That kitchen was a favourite resort of ours in the evenings, and Clump and Juno liked to have us there.
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