"What has been the matter?"
"That's it!" says Tony. "Nothing has been the matter. But here have I been stewing and fuming in this jolly old crib till I have had the horrors falling on me as thick as hail. THERE'S a blessed-looking candle!" says Tony, pointing to the heavily burning taper on his table with a great cabbage head and a long winding-sheet.
"That's easily improved," Mr. Guppy observes as he takes the snuffers in hand.

says Tony.
"What has been the matter?"
"That's it!" says Tony. "Nothing has been the matter. But I have had the horrors falling on me as thick as hail. That there blessed candle!" He points to the taper on his table. 