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The table and chair in a Saint Moritz kitchen are from Switzerland’s Engadine Valley; the backsplash tiles are 17th-century Portuguese.

The startled hearers were dumb for some moments, and then one of the number announced that she was going to Saint Moritz in January to take part in the winter sports, whereupon everyone was full of interest and curiosity, and Dreda swept onward to another bored-looking group, and hurled another conversational arrow.

“I was in Saint Moritz, skating in the sunshine, when I heard how you were spending your Christmas holidays.”

“It’s—it’s like—there were some just like this in a shop at Saint Moritz.”

“Was it in Saint Moritz that you bought it?”