Alaska

By Gadfly on Jun 24, 2018

At the Carleton, Paladin is in his suite preparing for a night out when Hey Boy comes in with a letter from Boris Tosheff in Alaska, with a move in his ongoing chess game with Paladin. Paladin reads the letter and tells Hey Boy that his game is over, and has him deliver a present to the woman he was meeting for the night. Paladin takes a ship and then a dog sled to the valley where Boris lives in his camp. No one responds to Paladin's calls, and he finds broken cooking gear by the fire. The c…