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e winding of the road down the mountain…side and the terraced vineyards on the side of the lower mountain； the vines all dead now for the winter and the fields divided by stone walls； and below the vineyards the houses of the town on the narrow plain along the lake shore。 There was an island with two trees on the lake and the trees looked like the double sails of a fishing…boat。 The mountains were sharp and steep on the other side of the lake and down at the end of the lake was the plain of the Rhone Valley flat between the two ranges of mountains； and up the valley where the mountains cut it off was the Dent du Midi。 It was a high snowy mountain and it dominated the valley but it was so far away that it did not make a shadow。
When the sun was bright we ate lunch on the porch but the rest of the time we ate upstairs in a small room with plain wooden walls and a big stove in the corner。 We bought books and magazines in the town and a copy of 〃Hoyle〃 and learned many two…handed card games。 The small room with the stove was our living…room。 There were two fortable chairs and a table for books and magazines and we played cards on the dining…table when it was cleared away。 Mr。 and Mrs。 Guttingen lived downstairs and we would hear them talking sometimes in the evening and they were very happy together too。 He had been a headwaiter and she had worked as maid in the same hotel and they had saved their money to buy this place。 They had a son who was studying to be a headwaiter。
