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It
was
a
big
classroom
with
three
blackboards
across
the
far
wall
.
Printed
in
large
capitals
on
the
center
board
was
WELCOME
BETH
HARMON
!
in
white
chalk
,
and
on
the
wall
above
this
were
color
photographs
of
President
Eisenhower
and
Vice
President
Nixon
.
Most
of
the
regular
desks
had
been
taken
out
of
the
room
and
were
lined
along
the
hallway
wall
outside
;
the
rest
had
been
-
pushed
together
at
the
far
end
.
Three
folding
tables
had
been
set
up
to
make
a
U
in
the
center
of
the
room
,
and
on
each
of
these
were
four
green
-
and
-
beige
paper
chessboards
with
plastic
pieces
.
Metal
chairs
sat
inside
the
U
,
facing
the
black
pieces
,
but
there
were
no
chairs
facing
the
white
ones
.
It
had
been
twenty
minutes
since
the
stop
at
the
Pure
Oil
station
and
she
was
no
longer
trembling
,
but
her
eyes
smarted
and
her
joints
felt
sore
.
She
was
wearing
her
navy
pleated
skirt
and
a
white
blouse
with
red
letters
spelling
Methuen
over
the
pocket
.
There
was
no
one
in
the
room
when
they
came
in
;
Mr
.
Ganz
had
unlocked
the
door
with
a
key
from
his
pocket
.
After
a
minute
a
bell
rang
and
there
were
the
sounds
of
footsteps
and
some
shouts
in
the
hallway
,
and
students
began
to
come
in
.
They
were
mostly
boys
.
Big
boys
,
as
big
as
men
;
this
was
senior
high
.
They
wore
sweaters
and
slouched
with
their
hands
in
their
pockets
.
Beth
wondered
for
a
moment
where
she
was
supposed
to
sit
.
But
she
couldn
’
t
sit
if
she
was
going
to
play
them
all
at
once
;
she
would
have
to
walk
from
board
to
board
to
make
the
moves
.
“
Hey
,
Allan
.
Watch
out
!
”
one
boy
shouted
to
another
,
jerking
his
thumb
toward
Beth
.
Abruptly
she
saw
herself
as
a
small
unimportant
person
—
a
plain
,
brown
-
haired
orphan
girl
in
dull
institutional
clothes
.
She
was
half
the
size
of
these
easy
,
insolent
students
with
their
loud
voices
and
bright
sweaters
.
She
felt
powerless
and
silly
.
But
then
she
looked
at
the
boards
again
,
with
the
pieces
set
in
the
familiar
pattern
,
and
the
unpleasant
feelings
lessened
.
She
might
be
out
of
place
in
this
public
high
school
,
but
she
was
not
out
of
place
with
those
twelve
chessboards
.
“
Take
your
seats
and
be
quiet
,
please
.
”
Mr
.
Ganz
spoke
with
surprising
authority
.
“
Charles
Levy
will
take
Board
Number
One
,
since
he
’
s
our
top
player
.
The
rest
can
sit
where
they
want
to
.
There
will
be
no
talking
during
play
.
”
Suddenly
everyone
was
quiet
,
and
they
all
began
to
look
at
Beth
.
She
looked
back
at
them
,
unblinking
,
and
she
felt
rising
in
her
a
hatred
as
black
as
night
.
She
turned
to
Mr
.
Ganz
.
“
Do
I
start
now
?
”
she
asked
.
“
With
Board
Number
One
.
”
“
And
then
I
go
to
the
next
one
?
”
“
That
’
s
right
,
”
he
said
.
She
realized
that
he
hadn
’
t
even
introduced
her
to
the
class
.
She
stepped
over
to
the
first
board
,
the
one
with
Charles
Levy
sitting
behind
the
black
pieces
.
She
reached
out
,
picked
up
the
king
’
s
pawn
and
moved
it
to
the
fourth
rank
.
