like all the little wooden inns in the higher alps, tiny auberges situated in the bare and rocky gorges which intersect
the white summits of the mountains, the inn of schwarenbach is a refuge for travelers who are crossing the gemmi.
it is open six months in the year, and is inhabited by the family of jean hauser. as soon as the snow begins to fall, and
fills the valley so as to make the road down to loeche impassable, the father, with mother, daughter, and the three
sons depart, leaving the house in charge of the old guide, gaspard hari, with the young guide, ulrich kunsi, and sam,
the great mountain dog.
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the two men and the dog remain till spring in their snowy prison, with nothing before their eyes except immense.
white slopes of the balmhorn, surrounded by light, glistening summits, and shut up, blocked up, and buried by the
snow which rises around them, enveloping and almost burying the little house up to the eaves.
it was the day on which the hauser family were going to return to loeche, as winter was approaching, and the descent
was becoming dangerous. three mules started first, laden with baggage and led by the three sons. then the mother,
jeanne hauser, and her daughter louise mounted a fourth mule, and set off in their turn. the father followed them,
accompanied by the two men in charge, who were to escort the family as far as the brow of the descent. first of all
they skirted the small lake, now frozen over, at the foot of the mass of rocks which stretched in front of the inn; then
they followed the valley, which was dominated on all sides by snow-covered peaks.
a ray of sunlight glinted into that little white, glistening, frozen desert, illuminating it with a cold and dazzling flame. no
living thing appeared among this ocean of hills; there was no stir in that immeasurable solitude, no noise disturbed the
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all of the following are examples of imagery
select one:

a. they skirted the small lake, now frozen over, at the foot of the mass of rocks which stretched in front of the inn

b. ray of sunlight glinted into that little white, glistening, frozen desert, illuminating it with a cold and dazzling flame

c. immense, white slopes of the balmhorn, surrounded by light glistening summits

d. father followed them, accompanied by the two men in charge