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The flames seem to have broken out in the rolling-mills . '' `` Yes , that is the place ! '' agreed Dernburg . `` But it can not have arisen there through heedlessness -- no work has been done there since noon . It must be the work of an incendiary ! '' Those present all shared his opinion , it was plain , but Wildenrod cut off any further remarks . `` Never mind , we must penetrate to the seat of the fire ! ''