"Well, I reckon this is another case of mysterious spontaneous combustion, just like reported yesterday."
"I am not not sure that one was very mysterious" he said. "Old Mr Hardy decided to light a cigar and forgot he was bathing his feet in turpentine." Someone had told him this was a cure for athlete's foot and, in a way, they had been right.
"That's what they say," said the man, tapping his nose. "But there's a lot we don't get told."
"That's true," said William. "I heard only the other day that giant rocks crash into the country every week, but the Government hushes it up."
"There you are. then," said the man. "It is amazing the way they treat us as if we're stupid."
"Yes, it is a puzzle to me, too," said William.
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