1. You should have seen yourself.Copy !req
2. Up on that stool,
floating around up there,Copy !req
3. Deardorff just hollering at you.Copy !req
4. It felt funny.Copy !req
5. Shit.Copy !req
6. I bet it felt good.Copy !req
7. What you gonna do at night?Copy !req
8. I'm gonna stay awake as long as I can,
reading my book,Copy !req
9. learning the Sicilian Defense.Copy !req
10. There's 57 pages about it in the book,Copy !req
11. with 170 lines stemming from P to QB4.Copy !req
12. I'm gonna memorize them
and play through them all in my mind.Copy !req
13. Poor mind.Copy !req
14. Ladies, don't run!Copy !req
15. No shoving!Copy !req
16. Mr. Shaibel?Copy !req
17. They won't let me play anymore.Copy !req
18. I'm being punished.Copy !req
19. Please…Copy !req
20. can you help me?Copy !req
21. I wish I could play more with you.Copy !req
22. For crying out loud,
what you still doing in bed?Copy !req
23. You're gonna miss breakfast.Copy !req
24. Morning, cracker.Copy !req
25. You don't wanna miss
another delicious breakfast, do you?Copy !req
26. Been dreaming about it.Copy !req
27. Wonder who they're here for.Copy !req
28. Hi, Beth.Copy !req
29. - Are you trying to piss her off?
- I had to take a shower.Copy !req
30. Go on in, then.Copy !req
31. Hold up.Copy !req
32. They seem like nice people.Copy !req
33. I'm told, Elizabeth,
that you turned 13 just last month.Copy !req
34. Actually, I'm fift—Copy !req
35. Yes, that's right, I'm 13.Copy !req
36. Such a wonderful age.Copy !req
37. Elizabeth has performed well
in all of her schoolwork.Copy !req
38. She is at the top of her class
in reading and arithmetic.Copy !req
39. That's very impressive.Copy !req
40. Beth is also a very strong student
in science and geography,Copy !req
41. and has been kindly assisting
Miss Lonsdale with chapel,Copy !req
42. for several years now.Copy !req
43. She is the model Methuen girl.Copy !req
44. I can see that.Copy !req
45. I will leave you three to get acquainted.Copy !req
46. They call you Elizabeth?Copy !req
47. Or is it Betty?Copy !req
48. You should go pack.Copy !req
49. I can't find my book.Copy !req
50. Which book we talking about?
You read like a hundred of them.Copy !req
51. Modern Chess Openings.Copy !req
52. Hm. Beats the shit out of me.Copy !req
53. I left it right here.Copy !req
54. - You didn't see it, did you?
- Watch who you go accusing.Copy !req
55. I got no use for no book like that.Copy !req
56. Anyway, you don't need no book.Copy !req
57. Just say, "Yes, sir," and "Yes, ma'am,"
and you'll do all right.Copy !req
58. Tell them you're grateful
to be in a Christian home like theirs.Copy !req
59. Maybe they'll put a TV in your room.Copy !req
60. Jolene?Copy !req
61. Hm?Copy !req
62. I'm sorry.Copy !req
63. About what?Copy !req
64. That you didn't get adopted.Copy !req
65. Shit.Copy !req
66. I make out just fine right here.Copy !req
67. Be a good girl, Elizabeth.Copy !req
68. Off we go!Copy !req
69. We're so glad to have an older child.Copy !req
70. Shall we?Copy !req
71. Home sweet home.Copy !req
72. Those are Rosa Bonheur prints.Copy !req
73. Not originals, of course.Copy !req
74. Do you like animals?Copy !req
75. I do, I love them.Copy !req
76. Allston is allergic
to most pet dander, though,Copy !req
77. - so I'm not allowed to—Copy !req
78. I bet you'd like to see your room.Copy !req
79. This is the master bedroom,
where Allston and I sleep.Copy !req
80. Over here is the bathroom,Copy !req
81. and this is you.Copy !req
82. You have no idea how hard it is
to find good maple furniture.Copy !req
83. This is all mine?Copy !req
84. Of course it's all yours.Copy !req
85. The whole room?Copy !req
86. The whole room.Copy !req
87. All right.Copy !req
88. I will let you unpack and get settled in.Copy !req
89. Just give a holler if you need anything.Copy !req
90. Home sweet home.Copy !req
91. I don't understand.Copy !req
92. I don't know exactly
what there is to understand.Copy !req
93. Why can't they send someone else?
It's only for two weeks.Copy !req
94. You've only been home for two days.Copy !req
95. Gives you some time
to get to know your new companion.Copy !req
96. I doubt there's much to know.Copy !req
97. Girl doesn't seem
to have a heck of a lot to say.Copy !req
98. Do you have to take the car?Copy !req
99. How am I supposed
to get around without a car?Copy !req
100. I don't know, you could rent one.Copy !req
101. And eat up half my commissions?
You're a terrible driver anyway.Copy !req
102. It's not that far into town.Copy !req
103. Remember what the doctor said.
Some exercise will do you good.Copy !req
104. It's early, dear.Copy !req
105. You don't have to be up
for another hour yet.Copy !req
106. Must be all the excitement
about your first day of school.Copy !req
107. Where did Mr. Wheatley go?Copy !req
108. Business trip.Copy !req
109. Poor man has to travel
quite a bit these days, but…Copy !req
110. as he likes to remind me, it…Copy !req
111. keeps the roof over our heads.Copy !req
112. Please stop gawking, dear,
you're making me nervous.Copy !req
113. You're very good.Copy !req
114. This was Grandmother June's piano.Copy !req
115. I've played since I was younger than you.Copy !req
116. I'd always had it in my mind
to one day play in an orchestra.Copy !req
117. Probably still could.Copy !req
118. Mmm. As luck would have it,Copy !req
119. I've also always suffered
from a terrible case of stage fright,Copy !req
120. which does not bode well
for an aspiring performer.Copy !req
121. And then I got pregnant.Copy !req
122. You have a child?Copy !req
123. We did, yes.Copy !req
124. Are you hungry?Copy !req
125. We have a leftover casserole.Copy !req
126. Beth, dear.Copy !req
127. Are you sure
you don't want me to go with you?Copy !req
128. I'm okay.Copy !req
129. Okay.Copy !req
130. You should have seen that coach.Copy !req
131. Have you seen her hair and her shoes?Copy !req
132. Don't know.Copy !req
133. So drab.Copy !req
134. And brown laces
with brown shoes? I mean…Copy !req
135. Quiet, please! Let's start.Copy !req
136. This week, we will begin to study
the binomial theorem.Copy !req
137. Does anyone know what a binomial is?Copy !req
138. Anyone?Copy !req
139. Yes?Copy !req
140. - A binomial is a mathematical—
- Will you stand up, please?Copy !req
141. A binomial is a mathematical expression
containing two terms.Copy !req
142. X plus Y is a binomial.Copy !req
143. Very good.Copy !req
144. Let's turn to page 24.Copy !req
145. Great, another fucking brain.Copy !req
146. That's a good idea. Oh, my god.Copy !req
147. - Is there a school chess club?
- What?Copy !req
148. Is there a chess club here at the school?Copy !req
149. Oh.Copy !req
150. Um…Copy !req
151. I don't think they have
anything like that.Copy !req
152. But a lot of the girls
belong to social clubs.Copy !req
153. Social clubs?Copy !req
154. There's the Apple Pi club,Copy !req
155. and the Sub Debs,Copy !req
156. - and Girls Around Town.
- Apple pie? They bake pies?Copy !req
157. No, Apple Pi.
You know, like the Greek letter.Copy !req
158. Oh.Copy !req
159. Are you in one of those?Copy !req
160. You have to be invited…Copy !req
161. to join.Copy !req
162. You could try out for junior cheerleader.Copy !req
163. Shit.Copy !req
164. Hello, Mr. Wheatley.Copy !req
165. Oh.Copy !req
166. Hi… Beth.Copy !req
167. You're home!
I didn't expect you for another week.Copy !req
168. I'm only here for the night.Copy !req
169. They, uh…
they just gave me the whole Southwest, so…Copy !req
170. And a raise, I hope?Copy !req
171. Don't start.Copy !req
172. Yes, why don't you freshen up,
and I will start dinner?Copy !req
173. I'll take a beer.Copy !req
174. If there's any left.Copy !req
175. Doesn't she ever change clothes?Copy !req
176. I don't think he likes me very much.Copy !req
177. Quite the opposite.Copy !req
178. Adopting you was actually his idea.Copy !req
179. He's right, though.
You could use some new clothes.Copy !req
180. Sorry.Copy !req
181. Aha!Copy !req
182. They have chess sets.Copy !req
183. We can stop on the way back down.Copy !req
184. Oh…Copy !req
185. Let's find you a blouse.Copy !req
186. Well, don't you look lovely?Copy !req
187. The shoes are a little big.Copy !req
188. Room to grow, dear.
Room to grow.Copy !req
189. Let's look for coats.Copy !req
190. Mmm. Lovely.Copy !req
191. Step over here
so I can see the fabric in the light.Copy !req
192. Yes, this will do nicely.Copy !req
193. Aren't we gonna look at the chess sets?Copy !req
194. Another time, dear.Copy !req
195. It's getting late, and I'm getting hungry.Copy !req
196. - But—
- I'll give you 40 cents a week allowance.Copy !req
197. Save up and buy yourself a chess set.Copy !req
198. Saving is a good lesson
for a girl to learn.Copy !req
199. So bad!Copy !req
200. - Do you have any books on chess?
Chess?Copy !req
201. Mm. I don't know for sure.Copy !req
202. If we have anything,
it'll be on the last row.Copy !req
203. Thank you.Copy !req
204. There might be an old biography
on José Capablanca.Copy !req
205. - Who?
- José Capablanca.Copy !req
206. He was a Grandmaster.
It was quite a long time ago now.Copy !req
207. What's a Grandmaster?Copy !req
208. A genius player.Copy !req
209. Okay, yeah.Copy !req
210. I see you, Harmon.Copy !req
211. It's those shoes.Copy !req
212. Did you get them
at Ben Snyder's or something?Copy !req
213. I wouldn't be caught dead
in Ben Snyder's.Copy !req
214. How was school?
- Fun.Copy !req
215. Where are you going?Copy !req
216. I'm gonna replay
some of the matches in this book.Copy !req
217. - But you don't have a board.
- In my head.Copy !req
218. Good mental exercise.Copy !req
219. Well, some physical exercise
could do you good.Copy !req
220. Will you run over to Bradley's for me,Copy !req
221. and pick up three packs of Chesterfields?Copy !req
222. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
223. I'll write you a note.Copy !req
224. You look a bit youthful
for smoking, yourself.Copy !req
225. Young lady!Copy !req
226. You have to buy the magazine
or put it back.Copy !req
227. - Can't I just—
- You wanna read? Read the sign.Copy !req
228. No, it's all the same oil,
it's just three different sizes.Copy !req
229. If you don't use a lot,
you wanna buy that one,Copy !req
230. because it does go bad,
but this is the best value for the money.Copy !req
231. If you can't decide, get the middle one.
It's not rocket science.Copy !req
232. Thank you, dear.Copy !req
233. Well, that's the last
of the instant coffee.Copy !req
234. I'd go shopping, but I just don't know
where all the money goes.Copy !req
235. I've bought little more
than trifles this month,Copy !req
236. and yet I have seven dollars left
where I should have at least 20.Copy !req
237. Seven dollars?Copy !req
238. - Is that enough?
- To last till the end of October?Copy !req
239. I think not.Copy !req
240. It'll scarcely buy
chicken necks and porridge.Copy !req
241. - Doesn't Methuen send you a check?
- For 80 dollars.Copy !req
242. And only for the first year.Copy !req
243. As if the expense of keeping you
doesn't exhaust it.Copy !req
244. I'm afraid you'll have to go
without an allowanceCopy !req
245. until Allston returns.Copy !req
246. Which is when?Copy !req
247. Who can say?Copy !req
248. It seems he's been
unavoidably detained out West.Copy !req
249. Maybe I could get a job.Copy !req
250. A job?Copy !req
251. I could work in a store,
or wash dishes somewhere.Copy !req
252. Wash dishes?Copy !req
253. I'd like to make some money.Copy !req
254. Oh, to buy clothes with, I suspect.Copy !req
255. To enter chess tournaments.Copy !req
256. There's one here.Copy !req
257. But it's five dollars
for the entrance fee.Copy !req
258. The only girls of your age
who work are colored.Copy !req
259. Dear Mr. Shaibel,Copy !req
260. there's a chess tournament here
with a first prize of 100 dollars,Copy !req
261. and a second prize of 50 dollars.Copy !req
262. There are other prizes, too.Copy !req
263. It costs five dollars to enter,
and I don't have that.Copy !req
264. If you'll send me the money,Copy !req
265. I will pay you back ten dollars
if I win any prize at all.Copy !req
266. Beth, is that you?Copy !req
267. I seem to have caught a cold.Copy !req
268. Another one?Copy !req
269. Mm. I have a proclivity for viruses, or…Copy !req
270. they for me.Copy !req
271. Uh… here.Copy !req
272. I need you
to fill this prescription for me.Copy !req
273. And while you're there…Copy !req
274. buy yourself a Coke.Copy !req
275. - Thanks.Copy !req
276. Be just a minute.Copy !req
277. Here you go.Copy !req
278. Dr. Talbott has decided
I need more tranquility. Much more.Copy !req
279. - Will you get me a glass of water, dear?
- Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
280. Why do they
only fill these bottles half full?Copy !req
281. - Excuse you, Harmon.Copy !req
282. Fuck you, Margaret.Copy !req
283. Beth,Copy !req
284. this came for you.Copy !req
285. Thank you.Copy !req
286. Mm-hm.Copy !req
287. Tell Alma to go easy.Copy !req
288. She's only got three refills left.Copy !req
289. For a trip the White House
again calls non-political…Copy !req
290. You're home late.
- …political-looking escortCopy !req
291. of 17 Democratic congressmen,
and Mrs. Kennedy…Copy !req
292. - I was out walking.
- …who was featured at the arrival…Copy !req
293. Okay. Good night.Copy !req
294. Good night.Copy !req
295. …turning on the smile that hasn't been…Copy !req
296. Oh, um…Copy !req
297. I'm gonna be late again tomorrow.
I have something after school.Copy !req
298. Have you joined a club?Copy !req
299. I'm playing in that chess tournament
I told you about.Copy !req
300. I won't argue
that broadening one's social lifeCopy !req
301. is important for a girl your age.Copy !req
302. I just wonder whether a dance class
or a girls' clubCopy !req
303. wouldn't be better for making friendships.Copy !req
304. I hear Fairfield has pretty good ones.Copy !req
305. When you were my age,
how did you broaden your social life?Copy !req
306. The tournament goes until Sunday.Copy !req
307. - Do you have a clock?
- No.Copy !req
308. We have a clock-sharing system.
If your opponent doesn't have one,Copy !req
309. come back, and we'll loan you one.Copy !req
310. Play starts in 20 minutes.Copy !req
311. What's your rating?Copy !req
312. I don't have a rating.Copy !req
313. - Have you played in a tournament before?
- No.Copy !req
314. - Are you sure you wanna do this?
- I'm sure.Copy !req
315. We don't have a women's section.Copy !req
316. - I'll put you in beginners.
- I'm not a beginner.Copy !req
317. Doesn't matter.Copy !req
318. If you're an unrated player,Copy !req
319. you go in beginners
with the people under 1600.Copy !req
320. - What's the prize for beginners?
- Twenty.Copy !req
321. - What about the other section?
- First prize in the Open is 100.Copy !req
322. Is it against any rule
for me to be in the Open?Copy !req
323. - Not exactly.
- Put me in the Open.Copy !req
324. There are three guys in there
with ratings over 1800.Copy !req
325. And Beltik may show up.Copy !req
326. They will eat you alive.Copy !req
327. "Harmon."Copy !req
328. Are the matches played at random?Copy !req
329. Oh, not at all.Copy !req
330. Uh…Copy !req
331. Uh, they arrange it by ratings
on the first round.Copy !req
332. After that, winners play winners,
and losers, losers.Copy !req
333. Good luck.Copy !req
334. You, too.Copy !req
335. Hi.Copy !req
336. Hi.Copy !req
337. - Annette Packer.
- Beth Harmon.Copy !req
338. - I don't understand about chess clocks.
- Oh.Copy !req
339. Um…Copy !req
340. The clock faced nearest you
measures your playing time.Copy !req
341. Each player has 90 minutes.Copy !req
342. After you move,
you press that button on top,Copy !req
343. and it stops your clock
and starts your opponent's.Copy !req
344. And you see that little red flag
over the number 12 on each clock?Copy !req
345. Yours will fall down
when the 90 minutes is up,Copy !req
346. and if it does that…Copy !req
347. you've lost.Copy !req
348. And, um…Copy !req
349. For recording your moves.Copy !req
350. Right.Copy !req
351. - You can start your clocks now.
- You can start my clock now.Copy !req
352. Why do they put the girls together?Copy !req
353. They're not supposed to…Copy !req
354. but, if you win, they move you up.Copy !req
355. Oh, it's touch move.
What's that?Copy !req
356. Don't touch a piece
unless you're going to move it.Copy !req
357. If you touch it,
you have to move it somewhere.Copy !req
358. Okay.Copy !req
359. Don't you push your button now?Copy !req
360. Sorry.Copy !req
361. What I do with this?Copy !req
362. Is your match over?Copy !req
363. Yes, I won.Copy !req
364. That was fast.Copy !req
365. What do I do with this?Copy !req
366. Circle your name
and drop it in the basket.Copy !req
367. Who are they?
Beltik and Cullen.Copy !req
368. - Beltik's the State Champion.
Which is which?Copy !req
369. Beltik's the younger one.
- Is he a Grandmaster?Copy !req
370. He's working on it.Copy !req
371. Takes time.Copy !req
372. You have to play Grandmasters
to become one.Copy !req
373. How much time?
- Do you mind?Copy !req
374. Draw?Copy !req
375. Hell, no.Copy !req
376. Yes!Copy !req
377. That's check.Copy !req
378. I know what it is.Copy !req
379. Draw?Copy !req
380. You got me.Copy !req
381. I resign.Copy !req
382. Dinner break.Copy !req
383. Next round is at six o'clock.
Then, three more tomorrow.Copy !req
384. Final round is Sunday, 11 a.m.Copy !req
385. Harmon?Copy !req
386. Keep it up, kid.Copy !req
387. I think he knew you killed his brother.Copy !req
388. - You're in trouble…
- Yours is in the oven.Copy !req
389. Someone's always crowding me.Copy !req
390. - How did you do at your thing?
- I won four games.Copy !req
391. That's nice, good for you.Copy !req
392. Yes, Harmon?Copy !req
393. You said there were three people here
with a rating higher than 1800.Copy !req
394. - That's right.
- I thought I'd be playing one of them.Copy !req
395. Them's the breaks, Harmon.Copy !req
396. Consider yourself lucky.Copy !req
397. I want to play the best.Copy !req
398. You have to get a rating
before that happens.Copy !req
399. How do I get a rating?Copy !req
400. You play 30 games in USCF tournaments,
then wait four months.Copy !req
401. - That's how you get a rating.
- That's too long.Copy !req
402. I want to play Beltik.Copy !req
403. If you win your next three games,
and if Beltik does the same.Copy !req
404. I will win them.Copy !req
405. No, Harmon, you won't. You have to play
Sizemore or Goldman first.Copy !req
406. You can't beat either of them.Copy !req
407. Sizemore and Goldman? Shit.Copy !req
408. Townes, the guy you're playing now,
is underrated.Copy !req
409. He plays first board
for the university team,Copy !req
410. and last month
he came in fifth in Las Vegas.Copy !req
411. What's in Las Vegas?Copy !req
412. The US Open.Copy !req
413. Looks like we've been stalking each other.Copy !req
414. You want to start my clock?Copy !req
415. Sorry.Copy !req
416. Jesus Christ, Harmon,
you're humiliating my rook.Copy !req
417. He won't have to suffer much longer.Copy !req
418. Damn.Copy !req
419. How old are you?Copy !req
420. Never mind.Copy !req
421. - Don't answer that, it'll just depress me.
- I'm 36.Copy !req
422. Thank you.Copy !req
423. You really are something, you know that?Copy !req
424. Shall we turn in our sheets?Copy !req
425. Um… you go ahead.Copy !req
426. I'm gonna study the board a little longer.Copy !req
427. Wow.Copy !req
428. Damn it!Copy !req
429. Damn!Copy !req
430. I just wanted to tell you
that I've never seen anything like…Copy !req
431. Um…Copy !req
432. Do— Do you have something?Copy !req
433. It's my first time.Copy !req
434. Um…Copy !req
435. Do you know how to use it?Copy !req
436. I think so.Copy !req
437. I'll wait, just in case.Copy !req
438. You're, uh…Copy !req
439. You're moving right on up, aren't you?Copy !req
440. So far.Copy !req
441. Sizemore's pretty tough, though.Copy !req
442. Uh-huh.Copy !req
443. Thank you.Copy !req
444. I didn't…Copy !req
445. I just thought…Copy !req
446. Thought I was sick.Copy !req
447. My first time, I threw up.Copy !req
448. Well, I still do sometimes.Copy !req
449. Actually, every time.Copy !req
450. Well, I have to get back.Copy !req
451. Oh, sure.Copy !req
452. Hey, Beth.Copy !req
453. Beat him, will you?Copy !req
454. I'll try.Copy !req
455. Ready?Copy !req
456. I've started menstruating.Copy !req
457. Bit late in the day for you, isn't it?Copy !req
458. I'll need pads…Copy !req
459. something.Copy !req
460. Just go up to my room,
to the top drawer of my chiffonier,Copy !req
461. and take what you require.Copy !req
462. Oh, and, dear…Copy !req
463. be a good girl and get that little bottle
of green pills by my bedside.Copy !req
464. My tranquility needs to be refurbished.Copy !req
465. Thank you.Copy !req
466. Is something wrong?Copy !req
467. Wrong?Copy !req
468. I'm not Aristotle, but yes,Copy !req
469. I think something
could be construed as wrong.Copy !req
470. I've received a message from Mr. Wheatley.Copy !req
471. What did he say?Copy !req
472. It seems Mr. Wheatley…Copy !req
473. has been indefinitely detained
in the Southwest.Copy !req
474. Somewhere between Denver and Butte.Copy !req
475. Though, Aristotle was a moral philosopher,
and I'm just a housewife.Copy !req
476. Or I was a housewife.Copy !req
477. Can they send me back
if you no longer have a husband?Copy !req
478. You put it concretely.Copy !req
479. They won't if we lie about it.Copy !req
480. That's easy enough.Copy !req
481. You're a good soul, Beth.Copy !req
482. Why don't you heat up the chicken dinners
in the freezer, okay?Copy !req
483. Set the oven at 400.Copy !req
484. I don't know how to put these on.Copy !req
485. Though I'm no longer a wife,Copy !req
486. except by a legal fiction…Copy !req
487. I believe I can learn to be a mother.Copy !req
488. I'll show you how…Copy !req
489. if you promise to never go near Denver.Copy !req
490. Mama?Copy !req
491. Close your eyes.Copy !req
492. Sorry.Copy !req
493. Extra cup of coffee.Copy !req
494. Harry Beltik. What's your name?Copy !req
495. Beth Harmon.Copy !req
496. Be right back.Copy !req
497. Come on, you ugly piece of trash.Copy !req
498. You can beat that…Copy !req
499. fucker.Copy !req
500. - Son of a bitch.
- I think that's it.Copy !req
501. - No, I can get out of this.
- I don't think so.Copy !req
502. Maybe, if you'd gotten here on time.Copy !req
503. It doesn't work.Copy !req
504. - I don't have to use the queen.
- Move.Copy !req
505. - I'll just cover it with the bishop and—
- Move.Copy !req
506. Do you see it now?Copy !req
507. Or should we finish this on the board?Copy !req
508. Son of a bitch.Copy !req
509. "The world of Kentucky
chess was astonished this weekendCopy !req
510. by the playing of a local girl
who triumphed over hardened playersCopy !req
511. to win the Kentucky State Championship."Copy !req
512. "Elizabeth Harmon,
a student at Fairfield High,Copy !req
513. showed a mastery of the game
unequaled by any female,Copy !req
514. according to Harry Beltik,Copy !req
515. whom Miss Harmon defeated
for the state crown."Copy !req
516. And 100 dollars.Copy !req
517. You won this.Copy !req
518. I wanna open a bank account.Copy !req
519. But you have to go with me,
because I need a parent or a guardian.Copy !req
520. I just didn't have the faintest idea
that people made money playing chess.Copy !req
521. There's tournaments
with bigger prizes than that.Copy !req
522. How much bigger?Copy !req
523. Thousands of dollars.Copy !req
524. Goodness.Copy !req
525. So, can we go
to the bank today after school?Copy !req
526. Certainly.Copy !req
527. Beth, will you come down here, please?Copy !req
528. What's wrong?Copy !req
529. I've been leafing
through this chess magazine.Copy !req
530. It's very interesting.Copy !req
531. It says here that there is
a tournament in Cincinnati,Copy !req
532. and the first prize is 500 dollars.Copy !req
533. The Greyhound bus
only requires two hours for the trip.Copy !req
534. I took the liberty of calling.Copy !req
535. What about school?Copy !req
536. I could write a medical excuse
claiming mono.Copy !req
537. Mono?Copy !req
538. Mononucleosis.Copy !req
539. It's quite the thing in your age group,
according to the Ladies Home Journal.Copy !req
540. Where would we stay?Copy !req
541. At the Gibson Hotel, in a double room
for 22 dollars a night.Copy !req
542. The Greyhound tickets
would be $11.80 apiece,Copy !req
543. plus the cost of food.Copy !req
544. I've calculated all of it.Copy !req
545. Even if you only won
second or third prize,Copy !req
546. there would still be a profit.Copy !req
547. I'll win.Copy !req
548. I have every confidence.Copy !req