“In the silence the call of the chough on the terrace could be distinctly heard right across the combe.”
“The name of the small river that runs down the combe, the Umber, is a clue to the fact that the mineral pigment, umber, also used to be dug and processed in the village.”
“Mr combe bade fair to be the only man who was to be benefited by the labours of Burke.”