Everything that occurred next happened in one dizzying instant. Nye’s hand flew to his head, tore off his wig, and dipped it deliberately into the open fireplace beside him, setting the whole frizzy nest ablaze. Then in a single, calculated maneuver, he elegantly lobbed the flaming ball of hair across the room, landing it directly upon the straw bed—which promptly set the whole of it alight.
Well, yeah that'll do it.
