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Chapter 8

           "TheonesmadeinEnglandalwayslastfiveorsixyears.TwoyearsagotheGermansunderbidus,andhowlongdoyouthinktheircablelasted?"

           "Howlong?"

           "Ayearandtenmonths.ThentheSwisssoldittotheItalians.Theydon’thaverigidinspectionsofcables."

           "IcanseeitwouldbeaterriblethingforSwitzerlandifacablebroke."

           Theconductorshutadoor;hetelephonedhisconfrereamongtheundulati,andwithajerkthecarwaspulledupward,headingforapinpointonanemeraldhillabove.Afteritclearedthelowroofs,theskiesofVaud,Valais,SwissSavoy,andGenevaspreadaroundthepassengersincyclorama.Onthecentreofthelake,cooledbythepiercingcurrentoftheRhône,laythetruecentreoftheWesternWorld.Uponitfloatedswanslikeboatsandboatslikeswans,bothlostinthenothingnessoftheheartlessbeauty.Itwasabrightday,withsunglitteringonthegrassbeachbelowandthewhitecourtsoftheKursal.Thefiguresonthecourtsthrewnoshadows.

           WhenChillonandtheislandpalaceofSalagnoncameintoviewDickturnedhiseyesinward.Thefunicularwasabovethehighesthousesoftheshore;onbothsidesatangleoffoliageandflowersculminatedatintervalsinmassesofcolor.Itwasarail-sidegarden,andinthecarwasasign:Défensedecueillirlesfleurs.

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