A Thousand and One Knights . . .

. . . . . . . then she brought the chess-board and she played with him . . . .

Sharrkan instead of looking at her moves, kept gazing at her fair mouth, and puting a Knight in place of Elephant, and Elephant in place of a Knight.

She laughed and said to him,"If thy play be after this fashion, thou knowest naught the game."

"This is only our first," replied he. "Judge not by this bout."