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A PAIR OF BLUE EYES.
.
that he
had two or three times allowed her
to replace a
man, on her religiously assur-
ing him that huch a move was an absolute blunder.
She immediately took up the unfortunate rook and the contest proceeded, El-
having
fride
game.
now
rather the better of the
Then he won
exchange, re-
the
gained his position, and began to press her hard.
Elfride
grew
flurried,
and placed
her queen on his remaining rook's '
There
—how stupid
I did not see
your rook.
file.
Upon my word,
!
Of
course nobody
but a fool would have put a queen there knowingly.'
She spoke excitedly, half expecting her antagonist to give her back the move.
'Nobody, serenely,
wards '
of
course,'
and stretched out
said his
Knight
hand
to-
his royal victim.
It is
not very pleasant to have
advantage vexation.
of,
then,'
it
taken
she said with
some
