Chapter 31: The Return Home

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​⁠The "Wies" towered like an island from amid a grey sea of clouds. All the mountains of Trauchgau and Pfront, Allgau and Tyrol, which surround it like distant shores and cliffs, had vanished in the mist. The windows in the comfortable tavern were lighted and a fire was blazing on the hearth. One little lamp after another shone from the quiet farm-houses.

The lonely church now lay silent! Silent, too