That I knew at the time, for I watched you.

When I got your letter, I understood what the decision was." To leave Chamonix--to break completely with her life--it was just to that decision she would naturally have come just on that spot during that one sunlit hour.

So much his own love of the mountains taught him.

But Sylvia was surprised at his insight; and what with that and the proof that their day together had remained vividly in his thoughts, she caught back something of his comradeship.

As they crossed the lawn to the house her embarrassment diminished.