“On Sunday, the church-day, To dance we are gone; Andrew leads Peggy, Janet leads John.” And then the guides, the landlord, and his wife all sang together; the young giant representing the love-sick tenor in such a way as to make every one shout with laughter:-- _Tenor._ “Out of the Tyrol I come, a long, long way, To look for my sweetheart, my little May. _Bass._ What does he say? _Soprano._ Ah, poor lover! _All._ So long, so long he has not seen his love, So long he has not seen his love! _Tenor._ “As any bright penny was my little Jenny! And a dimple was in My Jenny’s sweet chin! _Bass._ What does he say? _All._ So long, so long he has not seen his love! _Tenor._ “’Tis two long years agone Since I left my love alone; I’d give my true love’s weight in gold Could I her face behold. _Bass._ Hark what he says! _Soprano._ O what a fond lover! _All._ So long, so long he has not seen his love!” And then Edwards sang an English song, the rest joining in the chorus, to the infinite delight of the Switzers. After which the guide suggested moving on. At half-past one they reached the Bel-alp, and found, somewhat to their surprise, that there was no village, not even a _châlet_, but only a great inn, half wooden, half stone. The landlord, a little, fat, hoarse-speaking man, with a thick black moustache, and two cow-girls, called chambermaids, with their faces swathed in flannel, met them; and presently they slept soundly in their little bare rooms, with their wooden walls and ceilings, that made them feel for all the world as though they were dolls put to bed in boxes. But what a view next morning! Down there in the valley, as they stand at the inn door, they can just make out where Brieg lies. Beyond, the entrance to the Simplon Pass; and, over all, the Matterhorn, Weisshorn, Monte Leone, Mischabel, and the Fletschhorn. Up behind them towers the great white Sparrenhorn. Down on the left crawls the broad Aletsh Glacier, with its huge, rough, pale-blue waves moving and melting, and foaming at the “snout” in torrents of stormy water.