The other day I went into a room, and the moment I opened the door I knew that there had been an escape of gas from the pipe which leads to the gas-burner.
With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
" Would you please lift this to the stove for me? " Langdon heaved the sloshing pot onto the stove as Katherine turned on the gas burner and cranked up the flame.