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tims), possibly looks at the prospect, probably 

 snaps a camera, and then takes the after-dinner 

 train for the base. Evening passengers make 

 a longer stay. They cannot do otherwise. For 

 them the sunset and the sunrise are the great 

 events. One would think that such phenomena 

 were never to be witnessed in the low country. 

 They watch the clouds, or more likely the cloud, 

 and go to sleep with one ear open for the sunrise 

 bell. 



So much for the larger number of Summit 

 House guests, the respectable majority. A few, 

 two in twenty, perhaps, arrive on foot; and 

 these are the good ones — the salt of the moun- 

 tain, so to speak. This time I was not one of 

 them, but I had no thought of denying the 

 superiority of their privilege. 



