Roadmarks
“Standing, Chadwick was six feet in height. Standing or sitting, he weighed about twentyfive stone. His hair was a helmet of pale curls above a low brow over gray eyes with dark smudges beneath them, blue eyeshadow above; broken veins crossed his wide nose and underlay his cheeks like bright webs. His neck was thick, his shoulders broad; his sausage-like fingers were steady and deft as he removed the other's pawn from the board and dropped his bishop onto its square.
He turned to his right, ...where a pale-blue lazy Susan containing a circular rack of apéritif glasses drifted. Turning it, he sipped in quick succession of an orange a green, a yellow and a smoky gold, almost in time to the music of horns and strings. The glasses were instantly refilled as he replaced them.
He stretched and regarded his companion, who was reaching for his own beverage carousel.
"Your game is improving," he said, "or mine is degenerating.MoreLess
He turned to his right, ...where a pale-blue lazy Susan containing a circular rack of apéritif glasses drifted. Turning it, he sipped in quick succession of an orange a green, a yellow and a smoky gold, almost in time to the music of horns and strings. The glasses were instantly refilled as he replaced them.
He stretched and regarded his companion, who was reaching for his own beverage carousel.
"Your game is improving," he said, "or mine is degenerating.MoreLess
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