"As long as the candles don’t go out, we have nothing to fear from this atmosphere," said Daniel, who was deeply sick and tired of hearing semi-learned people ascribe all their problems to damps. "Yes, water seeps in here from the moist earth. But Mr. Orney was only just now remarking upon the marvellous purity of these waters. Why do you think the Knights Templar built their Temple here? It is because the nuns of St. Mary and the Knights Hospitallers both drew their water from the same well here, and didn’t die of it. Why, just up the road, wealthy gentle-folk pay money to soak in these same moistures."