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closed for repairs and enlargement and the scaffolding of
the summer Casino at Juan les Pins grew larger and more
formidable. Going into Cannes or Nice, Dick and Nicole met
new people—members of orchestras, restaurateurs, horti-
cultural enthusiasts, shipbuilders—for Dick had bought an
old dinghy—and members of the Syndicat d’Initiative. They
knew their servants well and gave thought to the children’s
education. In December, Nicole seemed well-knit again;
when a month had passed without tension, without the tight
mouth, the unmotivated smile, the unfathomable remark,
they went to the Swiss Alps for the Christmas holidays.

252 Tender is the Night