It is a metaphor representing not just the 'mask' of the plague, but also the 'masquerade' of the ball and the 'masquerade' of pretending to escape death.
It most likely gives a negative connotation because something being on fire is usually not a good thing. So if your marriage is on fire it is probably not going so well and may need to be put out or in other words Divorce
The early difficulties of Elizabeth's reign secured him a deceitful peace on that side for a time
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i believe A, if not then im sorry
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