As he gazed, he saw seated at some distance a girl reading.

Not far from her were two boys climbing up and down the combe.
He watched them.

Presently he saw one boy creep along a shelf of rock where the combe broke into a quarry, let himself drop upon another shelf below, and then perch upon an overhanging ledge.

He presently saw that the lad was now afraid to return.

He heard the other lad cry out, saw the girl start up, and run forward, look over the edge of the combe, and then make as if to go down.