“Very
likely. At
any rate,
the fourth
caught
fire, and
I lit my
candle,
and went
into my
room to go
to bed;
but in a
quarter of
an hour I
fancied
that I
smelt
something
burning,
and I have
always
been
terribly
afraid of
fire. If
ever we
have an
accident
it will
not be my
fault, I
assure
you. I am
terribly
nervous
since our
chimney
was on
fire, as I
told you;
so I got
up, and
hunted
about
everywhere,
sniffing
like a dog
after
game, and
