Mount McKinley
Montana
Mound
Gizeh
Montana
Mound
Gizeh
Falling Water
Psalm 118:28
“Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.”
"For he was great, ere fortune made him so"~~~DRYDEN
Chess: "Mount McKinley" "Montana" "Mound" "Gizeh" "Falling Water"
"IN THE SPRING OF 1509 the courtiers attending the King of Spain in his temporary headquarters at Segovia just north of Madrid awaited anxiously the arrival of a caped horseman who had been expected some hours earlier. When he came clattering into the paved courtyard they rushed to help him dismount, but he vaulted from his horse, ignoring the offers of help.
‘How dare you keep the king waiting!’ they cried.
‘Gypsies camping under a bridge,’ he said curtly. ‘Set it afire cooking their stolen meats.’
‘Three times the king has summoned you.’
‘And I wasn’t here to answer, was I?’ he snapped, but then as he brushed himself and discarded his cape, throwing it across his saddle, his momentary brusqueness dissolved into a gracious smile: ‘He’ll understand,’ and he headed for the palace door."~~~James A. Michener: CARIBBEAN. Ch3 Christopher Columbus in Hispaniola
‘How dare you keep the king waiting!’ they cried.
‘Gypsies camping under a bridge,’ he said curtly. ‘Set it afire cooking their stolen meats.’
‘Three times the king has summoned you.’
‘And I wasn’t here to answer, was I?’ he snapped, but then as he brushed himself and discarded his cape, throwing it across his saddle, his momentary brusqueness dissolved into a gracious smile: ‘He’ll understand,’ and he headed for the palace door."~~~James A. Michener: CARIBBEAN. Ch3 Christopher Columbus in Hispaniola
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