Next to her is Mr. firedamp, a very absurd person, who thinks that water is the evil principle.
"Crotchet-Castle"
Peacock, Thomas Love
Mr. Philpot had seized on Mr. firedamp, and pinned him down to a map of Africa, on which he was tracing imaginary courses of mighty inland rivers, terminating in lakes and marshes, where they were finally evaporated by the heat of the sun; and Mr. firedamp's hair was standing on end at the bare imagination of the mass of malaria that must be engendered by the operation.
"Crotchet-Castle"
Peacock, Thomas Love
Proceeding to the edge of the moat, they fished up Mr. firedamp, who had missed his way back, and tumbled in.
"Crotchet-Castle"
Peacock, Thomas Love