“I would certainly attend,” Rosamund offered, with a touch of sheepishness as he took her queen without ceremony. She really ought to concentrate on putting up a defence for her king, now – she paused to try and work out how best to, and moved a rook to that potential end – while he spoke of his job having its moments.
She was not so focused upon the game not to be able to laugh lightly at that. “Oh, I’m sure,” she agreed knowingly; the library might only have been a paradise if no one else were in it, and one did not inevitable have to bow to administration or to the general public’s stupidity. “I could say the same of mine,” Rommy added, vaguely. “Indeed, most of the chessboards I tend to come across have been hexed in some way.”
She was not so focused upon the game not to be able to laugh lightly at that. “Oh, I’m sure,” she agreed knowingly; the library might only have been a paradise if no one else were in it, and one did not inevitable have to bow to administration or to the general public’s stupidity. “I could say the same of mine,” Rommy added, vaguely. “Indeed, most of the chessboards I tend to come across have been hexed in some way.”
