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She
listened
to
the
night
noises
and
noticed
how
they
seemed
to
get
louder
as
her
eyes
grew
accustomed
to
the
darkness
.
Down
the
hallway
Mr
.
Byrne
began
talking
to
Mrs
.
Holland
,
at
the
desk
.
Beth
’
s
body
grew
taut
at
the
sound
.
She
blinked
and
looked
at
the
dark
ceiling
overhead
and
forced
herself
to
see
the
chessboard
with
its
green
and
white
squares
.
Then
she
put
the
pieces
on
their
home
squares
:
rook
,
knight
,
bishop
,
queen
,
king
,
and
the
row
of
pawns
in
front
of
them
.
Then
she
moved
White
’
s
king
pawn
up
to
the
fourth
row
.
She
pushed
Black
’
s
up
.
She
could
do
this
!
It
was
simple
.
She
went
on
,
beginning
to
replay
the
game
she
had
lost
.
She
brought
Mr
.
Shaibel
’
s
knight
up
to
the
third
row
.
It
stood
there
clearly
in
her
mind
on
the
green
-
and
-
white
board
on
the
ceiling
of
the
ward
.
The
noises
had
already
faded
into
a
white
,
harmonious
background
.
Beth
lay
happily
in
bed
,
playing
chess
.
*
*
*
The
next
Sunday
she
blocked
the
Scholar
’
s
Mate
with
her
king
’
s
knight
.
She
had
gone
over
the
game
in
her
mind
a
hundred
times
,
until
the
anger
and
humiliation
were
purged
from
it
,
leaving
the
pieces
and
the
board
clear
in
her
nighttime
vision
.
When
she
came
to
play
Mr
.
Shaibel
on
Sunday
,
it
was
all
worked
out
,
and
she
moved
the
knight
as
if
in
a
dream
.
She
loved
the
feel
of
the
piece
,
the
miniature
horse
’
s
head
in
her
hand
.
When
she
set
down
the
knight
on
the
square
,
the
janitor
scowled
at
it
.
He
took
his
queen
by
the
head
and
checked
Beth
’
s
king
with
it
.
But
Beth
was
ready
for
that
too
;
she
had
seen
it
in
bed
the
night
before
.
It
took
him
fourteen
moves
to
trap
her
queen
.
She
tried
to
play
on
,
queenless
,
to
ignore
the
mortal
loss
,
but
he
reached
out
and
stopped
her
hand
from
touching
the
pawn
she
was
about
to
move
.
“
You
resign
now
,
”
he
said
.
His
voice
was
rough
.
“
Resign
?
”
“
That
’
s
right
,
child
.
When
you
lose
the
queen
that
way
,
you
resign
.
”
She
stared
at
him
,
not
comprehending
.
He
let
go
of
her
hand
,
picked
up
her
black
king
,
and
set
it
on
its
side
on
the
board
.
It
rolled
back
and
forth
for
a
moment
and
then
lay
still
.
