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Updated: May 21, 2025
He was very much out of breath, and I waited with some curiosity for the moment he would recover his power of speech. That moment came. He said "Good morning" with a slight gasp, remained very still for another minute and then pulled out of his pocket the travelling chessboard, and holding it in his hand, directed at me a glance of inquiry. "Yes. Certainly," I said, very much disappointed.
"You won't need suits. The bay is shallow and warm. At night you can relax right here. Plenty of books, TV, radio, or a chessboard. If it gets cool, there's wood for the fireplace." "Sounds good," Scotty agreed. "But we wanted you with us." "I will be. Before the weekend." "When do you have to leave?" Rick asked. "Three this afternoon. I have an evening meeting at headquarters.
One by one the spectators stole away. Florence’s parting words were, "If Dr. Lacey beats, be sure and wake us, Julia, so Mabel and Lida can draw cuts." And now they were alone. Once and only once Julia glanced at the face of her antagonist. It was white and colorless as her own hand, which wandered steadily over the chessboard.
So it was with General Ople, and nothing is left for me to say except, that there is broader ground than the chessboard. He had done his pretty bit of mischief, all in the way of honour, of course, but hearts had knocked.
A baffled trickster, whose every move upon the great chessboard had been a separate mistake, leading step by step to the irrevocable sentence checkmate! The ruined towers of Champfontaine arose before him, as in a vision, black against a blood-red sky.
The shadowy lines became accented by twin rows of flickering fire, the rear jets seen with a blurred halo of mist round each of them, the halo crawling feebly within itself, tormented by a feeble wind. The long vista of pavement became chequered like a chessboard, with patches of light from shop windows.
Also, I find I need much more knowledge of literature than I have. This country is divided off into a kind of glorious chessboard, each square being sacred to some immortal author, playwright, or poet. The artists press them close, without overcrowding; and history lies underneath history for every square inch.
His favourite device, we remember, was to dash rapidly about the chessboard, insert himself between two hostile armies, and defeat them severally. But how can you insert yourself between two armies when you are faced by only one army an army stretching from Ostend to the Alps? One of the first elements of successful strategy is surprise.
He sat there some time longer, and noticed that as the old men frowned over the chessboard, their beards grew longer and longer, until they swept the floor of the cave, and even found their way out of the door. "I hope my beard will never grow as quickly," said Wang Chih, as he rose and took up his axe again. Then one of the old men spoke, for the first time.
Andrews and I hastily snatched our worldly possessions our overcoat, blanket, can, spoon, chessboard and men, yelled to some of our neighbors that they could have our hitherto much-treasured house, and running down to the gate, forced ourselves well up to the front of the crowd that was being assembled to go out.
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