Both Uses of
conflagration
in
Jane Eyre
- I hardly heard Mrs. Fairfax's account of the curtain conflagration during dinner, so much was I occupied in puzzling my brains over the enigmatical character of Grace Poole, and still more in pondering the problem of her position at Thornfield and questioning why she had not been given into custody that morning, or, at the very least, dismissed from her master's service.†
Chpt 16
- The grim blackness of the stones told by what fate the Hall had fallen — by conflagration: but how kindled?†
Chpt 36 *
Definition:
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(conflagration) a large, violent, uncontrolled event -- especially a fire