[Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by George Forrest Browne]@TWC D-Link book
Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland

CHAPTER VIII
19/20

Which did monsieur then prefer--the glaciere, or the source?
The source, infinitely.

_Then_ it was clear monsieur had not seen the glaciere:--he was sure before that monsieur had not, _now_ it was quite clear, for in all the world there was nothing like that glaciere.

The Loue!--one might rather see the glaciere once, than live by the source of the Loue all the days of one's life.
It was now five o'clock, and the train left Pontarlier at half-past seven.

We represented to M.Paget that he really ought to do the twenty kilometres in two hours and a quarter, which would leave us a quarter of an hour to arrange our knapsacks and pay the _National_.

He promised to do his best, and certainly the black horse proved himself a most willing beast.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books