Others stayed up, and went yawning about all day.

More than half the town had been at Sandsgaard that night, or else on the heights above the house, looking on the fire.
One of the few people who had not been at the fire was our friend Woodlouse.

When he and the Swede parted, after the fight between Martin and Robson, he went straight off to his home in the town.

As he passed the first house, he met some people who were running, and deaf as he was, he heard the two cannon-shots which gave warning of a fire.

When he got to the church, he saw that the door was open, and that there was a light in the place from whence the bells were pulled.