Half the people here came out for the benefit of their lungs." "Isn't that rather depressing ?" "It would be more so if most of them did not look so well that no one would suspect them of being ill.

Here we are." Clover looked out eagerly.

There was nothing picturesque about the house at whose gate the carriage had stopped.

It was a large shabby structure, with a piazza above as well as below, and on these piazzas various people were sitting who looked unmistakably ill.

The front of the house, however, commanded the fine mountain view.
"You see," explained Dr.Hope, drawing Clover aside, "boarding-places that are both comfortable and reasonable are rather scarce at St.Helen's.