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Chess and Conventioneers Amid a Boston Salon
In a Boston salon Florence de Gehr and her sister Julia host a conver sazione that blends music chess and flirtation. Francis Cleland courts Julia while Florence struggles with a secret love for Cleland and a graceful public game that ends in Florence’s quiet victory and Julia’s mounting jealousy.
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Florence
Julia de Gehr
Madame Elite
Conversazione
Boston
Julia
Lord Iron
Guccioli
Francis Cleland
Florence de Gehr
Lebail
Ceam
America
Cleland
Lady Vernon
Rhine
Lorence de Gehr
Evan
Sparta
Iompany
Jute
Phillidor
Bishop
Plorence
Ches
Soong
Jullia
Fuliac
Cichard