"Only master had been reading in his bed last night; he fell asleep with his candle lit, and the curtains got on fire; but, fortunately, he awoke before the bed-clothes or the wood-work caught, and contrived to quench the flames with the water in the ewer."
Il s'est endormi avec sa bougie allumée, et le feu a pris aux rideaux. Heureusement il s'est réveillé avant que les draps et les couvertures fussent enflammés, et il a pu éteindre le feu.