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“What do you say to a game or two of old maid?” Arthur looked up from the screws and cogs he had been playing with, and nodded toward the man descending down the stairs. “You can’t lock yourself down here forever, it must not be healthy with only the dust for company” Alfred said as he sat down on the wooden floor in front of Arthur. He picked up a pack of cards on the ground and began to clumsily shuffle the cards. Silence was the only thing that greeted his ears, enveloping . He took out the queen of clovers—he always took out the queen of clovers so that the queen would be all alone— Alone. I am so sorry…please. Please! Forgive me! So that it would be the old maid. Old, worn-out,fatigued. Eyes aged with centuries. Wilting like rose dying …show more content…

(“Not so fast git, where do you think you are going?” Arthur demanded as he caught Alfred slowly moving away from the table. He frowned deeply, his face adopting that typical scowl. “Arthur, I really have to go get some things from the market” He was going to lose he knew that, he could never win this stupid game. He however, refused to admit that out loud by continuing the game. He beat Arthur at everything else and he didn’t want acknowledge that Arthur was better than him in anything. Alfred Jones never loses! From the glare that Arthur gave him, Alfred knew that he knew that he had the unmatched queen. They both had four cards left so it wasn’t that hard to figure out. Arthur was sick of Alfred coming up with an excuse to leave before the game is finished because he didn’t want to let Arthur know that he lost to him. Alfred slo) It was funny really. In fact, it was so hilarious that Alfred couldn’t help but let out an airy laugh. Back then, Arthur would chase him around with a heavy leather book if he dared skip out on a card game with him. Really, he hit him with damn book for any reason whatsoever. He unconsciously rubbed the back of his head. He swore he could still feel a bump there. Damn,

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