Almost imperceptibly they passed into a different atmosphere.

The air became cold and exhilarating.

The flavour of the mountain snows gave life to the breeze.

Hunterleys buttoned up his coat but bared his head.
"My young friend," he said, "this is wonderful." "It's a great climb," Richard assented, "and doesn't she just eat it up!" They paused for a moment at La Turbie.

Below them was a chain of glittering lights fringing the Bay of Mentone, and at their feet the lights of the Casino and Monte Carlo flared up through the scented darkness.