"Why, he let him say it as much as he wanted to."
"Tell us all about it," said James.
"Well, then," said Jonas, "once there was a man, and he saw the moon coming up behind the trees, and thought it was a large house burning up. He went along a little way, and he met a vulgar fellow, riding in a carriage."
"Riding in a carriage!" repeated Rollo, astonished.
"Yes," said Jonas, "handsomely dressed. 'Sir,' said the man, 'see that great fire!'
"'It isn't a fire, you fool,' said the vulgar fellow; 'it's nothing but the moon.'
"'The moon! no it isn't,' said the man; 'it is a monstrous great fire. Don't you see how it blazes up?'
"'It is not a fire, I tell you,' said the vulgar fellow.
"'I tell you 'tis,' said the man.
"'You don't know any thing about it,' said the vulgar fellow.