Death of An Old Master
“Bright shafts of sunlight were falling across the room, casting Lady Lucy’s face into deep shadow on the sofa. Powerscourt and Fitzgerald had served together in the army in India. They had the special closeness of men who had saved each other’s life in battle.
Nobody could have accused Johnny Fitzgerald of being a cautious chess player. He deployed his pieces with great vigour, forever seeking the advantage. ‘L’audace,’ he would mutter to himself from time to time, like some headstrong Fren...ch cavalry commander, ‘toujours l’audace,’ as his forces rolled forward up the board.
Powerscourt was more cautious, more patient. He would trap the Fitzgerald advances in thickets of pawns, where they would be clinically captured by marauding knights. He always took great care to guard his King. When he finally advanced it would often only be after a prolonged siege where the Fitzgerald battalions had hurled themselves in vain against the castle walls.MoreLess
Nobody could have accused Johnny Fitzgerald of being a cautious chess player. He deployed his pieces with great vigour, forever seeking the advantage. ‘L’audace,’ he would mutter to himself from time to time, like some headstrong Fren...ch cavalry commander, ‘toujours l’audace,’ as his forces rolled forward up the board.
Powerscourt was more cautious, more patient. He would trap the Fitzgerald advances in thickets of pawns, where they would be clinically captured by marauding knights. He always took great care to guard his King. When he finally advanced it would often only be after a prolonged siege where the Fitzgerald battalions had hurled themselves in vain against the castle walls.MoreLess
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