"The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of course. Your moves are the strongest. For myself, I claim only to be a knight, advancing in a crooked progress. Do we move ourselves, do you think, or does a great gloved hand place on our squares"

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Source : Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.130, Penguin

Catherine Fisher

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