"The matter begins to clear.

Was Colonel Gaylord in the habit of smoking ?" "He smoked one cigar after every meal." "Never any more than that ?" "No, the doctor had limited him.

The Colonel grumbled about it regularly, and always smoked the biggest blackest cigar he could find." "And where did he get his matches ?" "Solomon passed the brass match box from the dining-room mantelpiece just as he passed it to us to-night." "Colonel Gaylord was not in the habit of carrying matches in his pockets then ?" "No, I think not." "We may safely assume," said Terry, "that in this matter of making the fire, if the two were working together, the Colonel was on his knees arranging the sticks while Mrs.Mathers was standing by, giving directions.

That, I believe, is the usual division of labor.

Well, then, they get to the point of needing a light.