Why had this gold come to take away the wholesome
necessity for industry?
CHAPTER XIX. THE SNOWY WINDING-SHEET.
Cold, cold, 'tis a chilly clime
That the youth in his journey hath reached;
And he is aweary now,
And faint for lack of food.
Cold! cold! there is no sun in heaven.
Southey.
Very merry was the party which arrived at the roughly-built hotel of
Schwarenbach which serves as a half-way house to the Altels.
Never had expedition been more enjoyed than that of Mrs. Brownlow and
her three boys. They had taken a week by the sea to recruit their
forces, and then began their journey in earnest, since it was too
late for a return to Eton, although so early in the season that to
the Swiss they were like the first swallows of the spring, and they
came in for some of the wondrous glory of the spring flowers, so
often missed by tourists.
In her mountain dress, all state and ceremony cast aside, Caroline
rode, walked, and climbed like the jolly Mother Carey she was, to use
her son's favourite expression, and the boys, full of health and
recovery, gambolled about her, feeling her companionship the very
crown of their enjoyment.
Johnny, to whom all was more absolutely new than to the others, was
the quietest of the three.
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