It's an episode of dueling and diversions: first, Captain Thomas Day keeps his word and participates in a mock-duel with Dr. Richard Weekes. You might call the match a toss-up. And then, finally--we get some chess.
"...for Tom, chess was not a battle, nor a duel--it was a dance. And it was a dance that left one with endless knowledge of his partner--Just as so much crucial knowledge could be transferred in the touch of a hand in a ballroom."
Next Up: The Terror of The Lee Shore.
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