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TheThreeSailorsGambit

byLordDunsany

SittingsomeyearsagointheancienttavernatOver,one

afternooninSpring,Iwaswaiting,aswasmycustom,for

somethingstrangetohappen.InthisIwasnotalways

dipointedfortheverycuriousleadedpanesofthat

tavern,facingthesea,letalightintothelow-ceilinged

roomsomysterious,particularlyatevening,thatitsomehow

seemedtoaffecttheeventswithin.Bethatasitmay,I

haveseenstrangethingsinthattavernandheardstranger

thingstold.

AndasIsattherethreesailorsenteredthetavern,just

back,astheysaid,fromsea,andcomewithsunburnedskins

fromaverylongvoyagetotheSouth;andoneofthemhada

boardandchessmenunderhisarm,andtheywerecomining

thattheycouldfindnoonewhoknewhowtoychess.

ThiswastheyearthattheTournamentwasinEngland.Anda

littledarkmanatatableinacorneroftheroom,drinking

sugarandwater,askedthemwhytheywishedtoychess;

andtheysaidtheywouldyanymanforapound.They

openedtheirboxofchessmenthen,acheapandnastyset,

andthemanrefusedtoywithsuchuncouthpieces,and

thesailorssuggestedthatperhapshecouldfindter

ones;andintheendhewentroundtohislodgingsnearby

andbroughthisown,andthentheysatdowntoyfora

poundaside.Itwasaconsultationgameonthepartofthe

sailors,theysaidthatallthreemusty.

Well,thelittledark