one of the players in a game of cripple mr onion in a tavern had accused another of palming more than the usual number of aces , and knives had been drawn , and then someone had hit someone with a `` bench , and then someone else had stabbed someone , and arrows started to fly , and someone had swung on the chandelier , and a carelesslyhurled axe had hit someone in the street , and then the watch had been called in , and someone had set fire to the place , and someone had hit a lot of people with a table , and then everyone lost their tempers and commenced to start fighting .