stand, and
the other
day, when
I came in,
I put my
umbrella
into it. I
must tell
you that
just above
there is a
shelf for
the
candlesticks
and
matches. I
put out my
hand, took
three or
four
matches,
and struck
one, but
it missed
fire, so I
struck
another,
which
ignited,
but went
out
immediately,
and a
third did
the same.”
The
manager
interrupted
her to
make a
joke. “I
suppose
they were
government
matches,
then?” She
did not
understand
him, and
went on
