They even went up to look at it, and were delighted to find a natural, shallow bowl.

By cementing the floor of that bowl they could have a splendid swimming-pool for timid bathers, where they could not go beyond their depth; and it was entirely surrounded by a thick screen of shrubbery.
Oh, it was delightful; it was perfect! At the road they looked back up over the valley again.

It was no longer a valley.

It was a lake.
They could see the water there.

Sam drew from his pocket a pencil and an envelope.
"The hotel will have to be long and tall," he observed, "for there will not be much room on that ledge, from front to back.