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But there were , so far as we could discover , no trapdoors in the roof of the Councillor von Hollwig , or in the neighbouring roofs ; and , after searching three of them carefully , I suggested the propriety of waiting till dawn to be melodramatically rescued . `` You see , '' I pointed out , `` everybody is at the fire over yonder . But we are quite safe here , I would say , with an entire block of houses to promenade on ; moreover , we have cheerful company , eligible central location in the very heart of the city , and the superb spectacle of a big fire at exactly the proper distance . Therefore , '' I continued , and with severity , `` you will please have the kindness to explain your motives for wandering about the corridors of a burning hotel at four o'clock in the morning . '' She sat down against a chimney and wrapped her gown about her . `` I sleep very soundly , '' said she , `` and we did both museums and six churches and the Palais de Justice and a deaf and dumb place and the cannon-foundry today , -- and the cries awakened me , -- and I reckon Mamma lost her head . '' `` And left you , '' thought I , `` left you -- to save a canary-bird !