He questions them about where they were and what they did while the lights were out.

And there came down fire from heaven， and consumed him and his fifty.

And the fire of God came down from heaven， and consumed him and his fifty.

I feel thy beauty, dark night, like that of the loved woman when she has put out the lamp.

They were plunged into utter darkness knowing there was nothing worse, for when the lights go out it was said the tunnels change and move.