In the Shadow of the Mountain

In the shadow of the mountain

Student: Constanza De Vidts Grade: 3 high oak Mr Steve Hoit

On 23. April 1998, Edward Crowe came out from the glacier on the north side of the Matterhorn mountain above Zermatt in Switzerland. He had been dead for seventy-four years. He had a daughter, Marjorie and two grandchildren, Clare, Andrew. They were having a drink when suddenly the telephone rang, they told her that they have found the death body of her grandfather which appeared out of the Matterhorn. Clare decided to pick up the dead body in Zermatt. But she also told her editor Kevin at daily news about that, so she had to made a story out of it, because she worked there. Andrew told his wife, Jan that he would stay by his mother that day. His mother was really glad that her two children were at home. Marjorie handed Clare two letters. Both were from her father, he had written them four years before he had died. The letters told that Edward wouldnt come back home to his family and that they had an account on which was a lot of money for them. Two months after writing this letters Edward died. So they thought what the reason could have been that Edward left his family. When Clare arrived Zermatt she went to the police station. Herr Ziegler told her that her grandfather had been taken away for a post mortem examination. After Clare left the station she went into the museum. There she found a photo of Gordon Younger which had died at the same  year like her grandfather did. She decided to search Mr. Grunwalder to ask him about her grandfather. After she had found him, she asked him if he know something about Edward. But he said, that he didn't know Edward. There were as much Englishman at this time.

The next morning, Clare decided to go back to the Alpine Museum to

see if they had any records of her grandfathers climb up the Matterhorn. But she didnt find anything. The next day she was going to improve her skiing. There she met Bruno and stay all the day with him. Clare early woke up the next day, she had breakfast and then she decided to go to the police station. Herr Ziegler told her that the results of the test had shown that this was her grandfather. Herr Ziegler told her that he had heard that her grandfather was climbing with Gordon Younger. Clare wanted to ask bruno about Ulrich Grunwalder because Grunwalder was also a guide. She hoped that Bruno would help her to fix a meting with Mr. Grunwalder. Bruno told her that Ulrich Grunwalder is his grandfather. And that she can meet he. At the next morning Bruno and Clare entered Ulrich's house. Clare asked Mr. Grunwalder about her grandfathers death. Grunwalder said, that it was an accident. He said, that they had decided, that only one men moved at a time. But when he was on the other side of the glacier he saw that the two man were on the rope at the same time. So both were fallen down. He also told her that the next day they found the two bodies but they had been only able to save the dead body of Mr. Younger. He also told Clare that Edward had been in love with Marianne, his sister. But Edward had been married to Agatha. But Younger had been in love with Agatha. So he had tried to kill Edward. But Mr. Grunwalder didnt know if it was an accident or not. Clare was very pleased , to knew the true story. Clare began to write her story. At the next day Clare and Bruno go out for a walk. And they fall in love.

Clare left Zermatt early the next morning. After arrived she read the “Daily News”. She was shocked about the headline. “WAS HE PUSHED OR DID HE FALL?”

Clare called Kevin and told him that he was a bastard. She said, that she would have a interview with Cherry Gaskell on Friday, and that would be her first job away from the “Daily News”. Clare was very happy that her mother and her brother gave her a second chance. After the next morning Clare drove back to London. She planned to go straight to the office. She wanted to collect some personal things from her desk. Then Bruno phoned her. They made planes for Bruno to come to London in two weeks. Clare felt that this relationship was also a new start for her. THE END