A collection of three stage comedies in prose focuses on social entanglements and misunderstandings among hotel guests and provincial acquaintances. In the main play, a party at an alpine hotel debates a hazardous ascent of Monte Rosa with a stoic guide whose account of a crevasse accident provokes both bravado and apprehension, exposing jealousies and marital tensions. The shorter pieces stage domestic farces built on mistaken assumptions and ironic reversals. Across the set, crisp dialogue and situational humour probe pride, reputation, and the disparity between characters' words and their motives.