Four o'clock
I 've been looking for four years for somebody who had sense enough to play chess . '' Babiche trotted at her heels , sniffing at all the new odors about her . Felicia moved easily , she got the chess men , went and brought back her lap-board and sat patiently at the bedside . Four o'clock , half past four o'clock , five o'clock -- there was no sound save the shove of the chess men . The room grew dark -- the old man impatiently indicated the light . The little dog curled contently on the foot of the bed , Felicia 's sleek head bent over the board . He was no easy opponent .