And only last week my blacksmith got burnt to death! Such a clever hand at his trade he was!” “What? A fire occurred at your place?” “No, no, God preserve us all! It was not so bad as that. You must understand that the blacksmith SET HIMSELF on fire — he got set on fire in his bowels through overdrinking. Yes, all of a sudden there burst from him a blue flame, and he smouldered and smouldered until he had turned as black as a piece of charcoal!
