He is the most unremorseful , hard-hearted , foul-mouthed fellow I have in charge ; and thinks about nothing but beer and pipes , which are not allowed here , of course . '' So they walked along over the leads , and very sooty they were , and Tom thought the chimneys must want sweeping very much . But he was surprised to see that the soot did not stick to his feet , or dirty them in the least . Neither did the live coals , which were lying about in plenty , burn him ; for , being a water-baby , his radical humours were of a moist and cold nature , as you may read at large in Lemnius , Cardan , Van Helmont , and other gentlemen , who knew as much as they could , and no man can know more . And at last they came to chimney No. 345 . Out of the top of it , his head and shoulders just showing , stuck poor Mr. Grimes , so sooty , and bleared , and ugly , that Tom could hardly bear to look at him . And in his mouth was a pipe ; but it was not a-light ; though he was pulling at it with all his might . `` Attention , Mr. Grimes , '' said the truncheon ; `` here is a gentleman come to see you . '' But Mr. Grimes only said bad words ; and kept grumbling , `` My pipe wo n't draw . My pipe wo n't draw . '' `` Keep a civil tongue , and attend ! '' said the truncheon ; and popped up just like Punch , hitting Grimes such a crack over the head with itself , that his brains rattled inside like a dried walnut in its shell . He tried to get his hands out , and rub the place : but he could not , for they were stuck fast in the chimney . Now he was forced to attend . `` Hey ! '' he said , `` why , it 's Tom ! I suppose you have come here to laugh at me , you spiteful little atomy ? '' Tom assured him he had not , but only wanted to help him . `` I do n't want anything except beer , and that I ca n't get ; and a light to this bothering pipe , and that I ca n't get either . '' `` I 'll get you one , '' said Tom ; and he took up a live coal -LRB- there were plenty lying about -RRB- and put it to Grimes ' pipe : but it went out instantly .
`` It 's no use , '' said the XXXXX , leaning itself up against the chimney and looking on .
Cardan Grimes Helmont Lemnius Tom a-light atomy burn humours truncheon