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As a matter of fact it had done none, for the Phoenix spent the night in putting things straight. How the management accounted for this, and how many of the theatre officials still believe that they were mad on that night will never be known. Next day mother saw the burnt holes in the carpet. 'It caught where it was paraffiny, said Anthea. 'I must get rid of that carpet at once, said mother.
The man with me coughed and said, 'Funny smell, sir. I answered negligently, 'It's good for the health, they say, and walked aft. "The first thing I did was to put my head down the square of the midship ventilator. As I lifted the lid a visible breath, something like a thin fog, a puff of faint haze, rose from the opening. The ascending air was hot, and had a heavy, sooty, paraffiny smell.
The cupboard under the stairs was very tight and paraffiny, however, and a silent struggle for a place on top ended in the door bursting open and discharging Jane, who rolled like a football to the feet of the servants. 'Now, said Cyril, firmly, when the cook's hysterics had become quieter, and the housemaid had time to say what she thought of them, 'don't you begin jawing us.
'How often, said mother, opening the door 'how often am I to tell you that you are NOT to play with paraffin? What have you been doing? 'We have burnt a paraffiny rag, Anthea answered. It was no use telling mother what they had done to the carpet. She did not know it was a magic carpet, and no one wants to be laughed at for trying to mend an ordinary carpet with lamp-oil.
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