The electric light was reflected in sparkling splendour from the schist, limestone, and old red sandstone of the walls. It might have been thought that we were passing through a section of Wales, of which an ancient people gave its name to this system.
La luz eléctrica arrancaba vivos destellos a los esquistos, las calizas y los viejos asperones rojos de las paredes; parecía que nos hallábamos dentro de una zanja profunda, abierta en el condado de Devon, que da su nombre a esta clase de terrenos.