Their admiration of the beauties of nature had brought them together.

The daylight had now appeared, and the surrounding mountains displayed themselves in all their majesty.
"What a lovely country, monsieur!" exclaimed M.de Guersaint.

"I have been wishing to see the Cirque de Gavarnie for thirty years past.

But it is some distance away and the trip must be an expensive one, so that I fear I shall not be able to make it." "You are mistaken, monsieur," said the Abbe; "nothing is more easily managed.

By making up a party the expense becomes very slight.