Varangues

H Carre Hermes Paris > Spring - Summer 2001

both veranda and parlour, and acting much like a filter, halfway between intimacy and accessibility, the verangue or antechamber is a typical feature of Mauritius houses. You sleep there, you read, you gossip and above all you observe. nothing escapes the curiosity of the verangue. The Mauritius spirit swoons there in the vapours of tea, protected from the mosquitoes by the little gecko lizard, that sentinel with the infallible tongue.