Springers p586

[jochen stremmel]

don't know if you know that Springer is the German name for knight
("flight has been given only to the Springer!") - and there is Mr. von
Goell, of course, called the Springer.

2013/2/23 Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com>:
> Rainbow, Slothrop plays Pokler chess for a short paragraph, before Pokler
> points a Luger "as big as a house" ("And it's about to set sail....") at the
> pig's head.  Slothrop plays chess by superstition, which is funny but
> senseless enough.  Obsessed with protecting his knights.  What's the two
> Springers there.  Do they just spring, the knights, and Snuggles made a
> Company out of their action?  Is that it?
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