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| 20 | 198 | Sura, bound, View more quotes about lifted">lifted her head. |
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| 20 | 195 | "Perhaps a slave who scarcely knows the moves of the pieces," I suggested, "might play for me—if such would not be too potent an adversary for you?" Cernus looked at me with surprise. |
| 20 | 196 | Then he grinned. |
| 20 | 197 | "Perhaps," he said. |
| 20 | 198 | Sura, bound, lifted her head. |
| 20 | 199 | "Would you dare to contend with a mere slave girl," I asked, "one who has learned the game but a day or two ago, who has played but an Ahn or so?" "Whom do you mean?" inquired Cernus. |
| 20 | 200 | "He means me, Master," said Sura, humbly, and then dropped her head. |
| 20 | 201 | I held my breath. |