[He turns and taps the bell and then seats himself at the chessboard. The FOOTMAN enters.]
FOOTMAN. Your excellency rang?
ALEXIS. Go into the garden and find Mr. Constantine. Tell him I am ready to finish our game of chess.
[The FOOTMAN bows and withdraws.]
ALEXIS. [Studying the moves on the chess board.] So! So! The bishop—the queen! No! Yes, yes! I have it! I have it! Body of St. Michael, not in five moves, not in five moves tonight! Ah! Ha, ha! So! So! Well, well, well!
[He rubs his hands softly and looks up just as CONSTANTINE enters.]
CURTAIN.
This first edition of THE GAME OF CHESS, printed from type by The Lancaster Printing Company, Lancaster Pennsylvania, in April, 1914, for VAUGHAN & GOMME, New York, consists of one hundred and fifty copies on Japanese Vellum, of which one hundred only are for sale, and one thousand and fifty copies on laid paper.