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above the heated ground. Everything shines and glitters 

 around us; the distance fades into a golden mist and 

 the gleaming sno^v of the Alps seems to hover over an 

 abyss. 



But we must take leave of Le Trayas. Castor 

 accompanied us to the station. We stroked liim grate- 

 fully before we parted, and he gazed for long after the 

 train which bore us away. He was distressed; it seemed 

 to us almost as though tears stood in his eyes. 



