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Chess and Courage in Love at Baden Baden
In a dated salon scene, Miss Cheswick tests Mr. Stanley with a dramatic chess match. A perilous tale of a German escape from robbers frames their dialogue as he unveils a concealed memory of a heroic English stranger who saved her life. He reveals the stranger was the hero of her past and attempts to win her with a written memorandum. She declares she loves him, and the chess game ends with her capture of his knight, signaling victory in love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exick
Stanley
Feng
Baden
Maden Tacen
Black Forest
Coe Freiburg
Sae Schloss
Conversationhaus
Shad
Tranger
Alte Schloss
Old Castle
Baden-Baden
Anaes
Mr. Stanley
Miss Cheswick
Sam Stringer
Buffalo
Red Bank
Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Hopkins
Stringer
King
Colorado
Mark Gates
Carlo Polato
Jack Gilbrace
Dea