johanna had brought him up here yesterday , when he had complained of boredom ; the view had taken his breath away then too : to the north and beyond lay a bright green valley , where the spire reached for the sky , but he was higher than its highest point ; to the west and he saw the two small towns he had seen from the balcony of the apple , and the incredibly beautiful , misty valley in which they lay ; and to the south-east , he had seen the eyrie , the triangle-shaped township of domremys richest and most important ; and beyond , a plain of meadows and woods that sloped gently down .