All the candles were relighted at forbidden hours, and the noise made was so great that it was heard through the whole building.

Among the Celts of Ireland a new fire was annually kindled on Hallowe'en or the Eve of Samhain, as they called it, the last day of October, from which the Irish new year began; and all the hearths throughout the country are said to have been relighted from the fresh fire.

I agree with you, nevertheless, that when a passion is extinguished it can not be relighted without difficulty.