The white rook. The black bishop. The white knight. The black pawn.
He can assign a name and a face to every piece on the chess board, and it's the white queen he doesn't set down immediately once the rest have been put away. That particular piece, he turns over in his hand.
A piece some chess players sacrificed at will and others protected fiercely, nearly as much as the king.
He was of the latter school of thought.
Perhaps that was one difference between him and Moriarty. There weren't many that really mattered.
But the queen was just a piece from the chessboard. Here, in Luceti, there were only the kings, and they could battle as they would. Lestrade and Molly were here. Dr Brennan, too. And, yes, they had to be protected. But this would be ample to protect them.
Even if he only bought them one week.
"It's in your hands, not mine. One potassium cyanide, one sugar. I'll take whichever you don't. A very simple game-- hardly requires my concentration."
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He can assign a name and a face to every piece on the chess board, and it's the white queen he doesn't set down immediately once the rest have been put away. That particular piece, he turns over in his hand.
A piece some chess players sacrificed at will and others protected fiercely, nearly as much as the king.
He was of the latter school of thought.
Perhaps that was one difference between him and Moriarty. There weren't many that really mattered.
But the queen was just a piece from the chessboard. Here, in Luceti, there were only the kings, and they could battle as they would. Lestrade and Molly were here. Dr Brennan, too. And, yes, they had to be protected. But this would be ample to protect them.
Even if he only bought them one week.
"It's in your hands, not mine. One potassium cyanide, one sugar. I'll take whichever you don't. A very simple game-- hardly requires my concentration."