the abiding allure of flowing water, and with a heightened
appreciation of the core importance of French culture.
In the closing scene of the NBC-LXTV Courances segment, Anne Marie and I, the summer sun beginning its
daily descent, pause and I say to her, ���the mirror pond,
the reflection of the house, the trees, the house, the sky,
the ultimate postcard of perfect architecture, possibly in
the whole world.���
The Chateau de Courances casts a spell, an apparitionlike presence that I carry with me, one that sustains me,
one that sustains a notion of beauty. H
Christopher Hyland
HYLAND
