εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
V. πολύκαπνος, or use black.
make sooty, v.: V. αἰθαλοῦν.