Bluebeard's wife was a baby to him.

Why, your A C would have pulled the Blue Chamber all to bits, and the key too, so as to see what they were made of.

He is always taking something to pieces.

For instance, quite lately gas tar was gas tar, and we knew that it was black and sticky, good for palings and horribly bad for our clothes, when, on hot, sunny days, we climbed over the said palings.

But, all at once, the A C took gas tar in hand to see what it was made of, and the result is--what?
I must not keep Vince and you waiting to tell all--in fact, I don't know, but may suggest a little.