House Rules
Members are expected to know the rules and not to mention them.
- Rule 1Members are expected to know the rules and not to mention them.
- Rule 2The good table is not reserved. It is simply never available.
- Rule 3Ski boots are not worn in the library. Following an incident, neither are swimsuits.
- Rule 4Telephones are used on the terrace, briefly, and facing away from the view.
- Rule 5There is no crying on the yacht, on the chairlift or in the chalet. Crying in the library is permitted, quietly.
- Rule 6Wagers are settled in the bar and never on the ice.
- Rule 7Guests of members are welcome. Guests of guests are tolerated.
- Rule 8Members do not ask Alistair for the key to the cellar.
- Rule 9Dogs are welcome in the library. Members are welcome in the garden.
- Rule 10Lunch begins when Lucien says it does and ends when the light goes.
- Rule 11Lost property is kept in Henri's shed for one season, after which it is worn by Henri.
- Rule 12Applicants are not told how close they came.