every test match is a repetition of abrahams journey to moriah and back home, faith and son in tact

every movement is desperate

to make a prophecy of 3-0 the knight is certain that in a contest of movements a large sum of these movements fall favourably in one particular direction… or a very small number of very great movements fall that way. It is a lot to be sure of ‚Äì that in the end the sum of all movements will belong to the prophets favourite.

no knight with a favourite ever prophesies against it. otherwise abrahams done for

3 days there – the journey back is all downhill, abraham is feeling spritely and makes it home in two

the movements of the knight are completely resigned