CHAPTER XLIII Chamonix--Contrasts--Magnificent Spectacle--The Guild

of Guides--The Guide--in--Chief--The Returned Tourist--Getting Diploma--Rigid Rules--Unsuccessful Efforts to Procure a Diploma--The Record-Book--The Conqueror of Mont Blanc--Professional Jealousy --Triumph of Truth--Mountain Music--Its Effect--A Hunt for a Nuisance