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If they arrived too soon, they seated themselves beneath the hood of the huge kitchen chimney, or stood within the passage-way, or crossed to the Cafe de l'Echiquier, which forms the corner of the street so named.
So Kat rushed to the door, and shouted: "Er-nes-tin-e-e, cakes are getting cold," with an amount of energy and noise that might have reached that young lady, had she been sitting on the top-most round of the farthest chimney; but there was no response of any kind, neither was there any indications of a light up stairs, so Kat went back, remarking, as she again fell to work: "She's put on her new toggery, most likely, and gone somewhere."
You know that hot air rises in the chimney; for if you put a piece of lighted paper on the fire it is carried up by the draught of air, often even before it can ignite.
Chance ordained that the heads of their beds should rest against the chimney. Thenardier was directly over their heads in the top story known as Fine-Air.
Burton, trembling with passion. "I think it's very hard if I'm not to hear it," said Mrs. Dutton, with her most fascinating air. Mr. Stiles gave her a significant glance, and screwing up his lips nodded in the direction of Mr. Burton. "At any rate, you were in the chimney with me, sir," said that unfortunate. "Ah!" said the other, severely. "But what was I there for, my man?" Mr.
Thus I had the poor satisfaction of seeing my money float up the chimney at the rate of about ten cents a minute. I didn't even have the satisfaction of enjoying this expensive luxury, as I was compelled to divide my time between hauling coke with the old wheel-barrow and "hus'ling" out with the polish to raise money to pay for it and our provisions.
At seven o'clock, when Bella had dropped asleep and everybody else was dressed for dinner, Aunt Selina discovered that the house was cold, and ordered Dal to the furnace. It was Dal's day at the furnace; Flannigan had been relieved of that part of the work after twice setting fire to a chimney.
"The large fire," he continues, "that had been made to warm the house, being now put out, we retired to rest in the usual manner; but although the fire had been extinguished, the house was still filled with smoke, the door being shut, and there being neither chimney nor window to let it out.
Patty even looked in the fireplace and up the chimney, but she was gradually forced to the conclusion that there was no bed at her disposal, and that she must either report this fact to some member of the family or sit up all night. As it was now late she hesitated to trouble anybody about the matter, and thought she would rather manage without a bed.
A whiff of turf-smoke flickered above the chimney, the white walls were as white as the clouds above; there was a figure moving about inside the house, and a bent little woman in her white frilled cap and a small red shawl pinned about her shoulders came and stood in the door.
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