A PAIR OF BLUE
away
^lore minutes tick
pawn and has sense of
it
83
EYES.
slie
takes his
the advantage, showing her
rather prominently.
Five minutes more
he takes her bishop
she brings things even by taking his knight.
Three minutes takes his queen
she looks
and
bold,
he looks placid, and takes
hers.
Eight or ten minutes pass
pawn
she utters a
little
pawn can
ghost of a
says,
tricates herself
her bishop
plies
She
by capturing
flushes, ex-
his bishop,
He immediately
and
takes
she looks surprised.
Five minutes longer
and takes
but not the
he takes another
'Check!'
looks triumphant.
!
he takes a
she take in retaliation.
Ten minutes pass
pawn and
pooh
his
she
makes a dash
only remaining bishop
by taking her only remaining
he
re-
knight.
Two minutes he gives check her mind is now in a painful state of tension,
and she shades her
face with her hand.
Yet a few minutes more
he takes her
