above us, on our right hand, and flowing in front of a little rocky cliff with ferns growing in the crevices. The water seemed to have formed a steep narrow little ravine, which shelved away below us to a little glimmering pool.
Neither bridge, nor cascade, nor ravine can be found, or anything suggesting them. In 1905 the person in charge at the house assured Miss Lamont that there never had been more than one cascade, meaning the rush of water under the Rocher bridge. The Rocher bridge is certainly not the one we crossed, which was high above the level of the lakes.
In 1907 we bought Souvenirs d'un Page by the Comte D'Hezecques. He says: "En face du chateau, une pelouse . . . se terminait par une roche ombragée de pins, de thuyas, de mélèzes, et surmontée d'un pont rustique, comme on en rencontre dans les montagnes de la Suisse et les précipices du Valais. Cette perspective agreste et sauvage rendait plus douce celle . . . de la troisième façade du chateau.[1]
He also speaks of water passing through the moss-lined grotto, which, according to our idea,
- ↑ Souvenirs d'un Page, p. 242.
