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The
competition
at
the
tournament
was
more
consistent
,
vigorous
and
professional
than
anything
Beth
had
seen
before
,
yet
its
effect
on
her
,
once
she
had
got
through
the
first
game
after
a
near
-
sleepless
night
,
was
not
disturbing
.
It
was
a
smoothly
run
affair
,
with
all
announcements
made
in
both
Spanish
and
English
.
Everything
was
hushed
.
In
her
game
the
next
day
she
played
the
Queen
’
s
Gambit
Declined
against
an
Austrian
named
Diedrich
,
a
pale
,
esthetic
young
man
in
a
sleeveless
sweater
,
and
she
forced
him
to
resign
in
midgame
with
a
relentless
pressure
in
the
center
of
the
board
.
She
did
it
mostly
with
pawns
and
was
herself
quietly
amazed
at
the
intricacies
that
seemed
to
flow
from
her
fingertips
as
she
took
the
center
of
the
board
and
began
to
crush
his
position
as
one
might
crush
an
egg
.
He
had
played
well
,
made
no
blunders
or
anything
that
could
properly
be
called
a
mistake
,
but
Beth
moved
with
such
deadly
accuracy
,
such
measured
control
,
that
his
position
was
hopeless
by
the
twenty
-
third
move
.
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Mrs
.
Wheatley
had
invited
her
to
have
dinner
with
her
and
Manuel
;
Beth
had
refused
.
Although
you
didn
’
t
eat
dinner
in
Mexico
until
ten
o
’
clock
,
she
did
not
expect
to
find
Mrs
.
Wheatley
in
the
room
when
she
came
back
from
shopping
at
seven
.
She
was
dressed
but
in
bed
with
her
head
propped
up
against
a
pillow
.
A
half
-
finished
drink
sat
on
the
nightstand
beside
her
.
Mrs
.
Wheatley
was
in
her
mid
-
forties
,
but
the
paleness
of
her
face
and
the
lines
of
worry
in
her
forehead
made
her
look
much
older
.
“
Hello
,
dear
,
”
she
said
in
a
faint
voice
.
“
Are
you
sick
?
”
“
A
bit
under
the
weather
.
”
“
I
could
get
a
doctor
.
”
The
word
“
doctor
”
seemed
to
hang
in
the
air
between
them
until
Mrs
.
Wheatley
said
,
“
It
’
s
not
that
bad
.
I
just
need
rest
.
”
