Finn Taylor had no time nor capacity to care about these two women for the time being. He simply took the ticket from Felicity and headed straight for the airport.
Anyway, Felicity had only bought a single ticket. The women could find their own way back to San Francisco.
The results of the championship in Chicago soon spread to San Francisco. At the same time, Finn Taylor was on the way back.
Those old men in San Francisco were naturally delighted to learn that Finn Taylor had won the competition. Based on their logic, it seemed that the San Francisco Chess Association was the one that won the competition since Finn Taylor had represented them.
Since they were part of the association, they had won the competition too!
But when they heard that Finn Taylor had forgone attending the award ceremony and would return without a trophy or medal, the old men fumed.
