![]() ![]() “An education like that costs a fortune.” “Sam Westing paid for my education. My parents visited me at school when they could, but I never set foot in the Westing house again, not until two weeks ago.” “Your folks must have really worked hard,” Sandy said. The judge continued: “I was sent to boarding school when I was twelve. “Stupid child, you can’t have a brain in that frizzy head to make a move like that.” Those were the last words he ever said to her. Sam Westing had deliberately sacrificed his queen and she had fallen for it. ![]() He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game.” The judge thought of their last game: She had been so excited about taking his queen, only to have the master checkmate her in the next move. ![]() Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. “daughter of the servants.” “Gee, you must have been lonely, Judge, having nobody to play with.” “I played with Sam Westing-chess. ![]()
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