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Chapter 38

           Butwedidnotmindthehardnessoftheroadbecausewehadnailsinthesolesandheelsofourbootsandtheheelnailsbitonthefrozenrutsandwithnailedbootsitwasgoodwalkingontheroadandinvigorating.Butitwaslovelywalkinginthewoods.

           Infrontofthehousewherewelivedthemountainwentdownsteeplytothelittleplainalongthelakeandwesatontheporchofthehouseinthesunandsawthewindingoftheroaddownthemountain-sideandtheterracedvineyardsonthesideofthelowermountain,thevinesalldeadnowforthewinterandthefieldsdividedbystonewalls,andbelowthevineyardsthehousesofthetownonthenarrowplainalongthelakeshore.Therewasanislandwithtwotreesonthelakeandthetreeslookedlikethedoublesailsofafishing-boat.ThemountainsweresharpandsteepontheothersideofthelakeanddownattheendofthelakewastheplainoftheRhoneValleyflatbetweenthetworangesofmountains;andupthevalleywherethemountainscutitoffwastheDentduMidi.Itwasahighsnowymountainanditdominatedthevalleybutitwassofarawaythatitdidnotmakeashadow.

           Whenthesunwasbrightweatelunchontheporchbuttherestofthetimeweateupstairsinasmallroomwithplainwoodenwallsandabigstoveinthecorner.Weboughtbooksandmagazinesinthetownandacopyof"Hoyle"andlearnedmanytwo-handedcardgames.Thesmallroomwiththestovewasourliving-room.

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