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1  A candle fixed on a shelf gave them light.
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2  It was a small, wizened man with a full beard, he held a candle in his hand.
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3  happened to turn round he also saw a tall, stout candle attached to a column not far behind him.
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4  He looked round uneasily; the little candle gave off far too little light to reach as far as the wall opposite.
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5  And this was the moment when the man in the cassock chose to put out the candles on the main altar, one by one.
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6  recognised the dark, slightly bulging eyes - stood in the hallway in a long white apron, holding a candle in her hand.
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7  In one corner of the room, where the light of the candle did not reach, a face with a long beard looked up from the bed.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni
8  had directed him to, he had extinguished the candle whose light was no longer needed and pressed on the wick with his fingers to stop the smoke.
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9  At the head of the bed there was a niche in the wall where, fastidiously tidy, stood a candle, a bottle of ink, and a pen with a bundle of papers which were probably to do with the trial.
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10  He watched her in irritation as Leni now took the candle from the businessman's hand - which he had been holding on to all this time - wiped his hand with her apron and then knelt beside him to scratch off some wax that had dripped from the candle onto his trousers.
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11  Meantime my husband arrived, he always has the day off on Sundays, we got the furniture back in and got our room sorted out and then a few of the neighbours came, we sat and talked for a bit by a candle, in short, we forgot all about the examining judge and went to bed.
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12  s uncle, he had visibly taken against his friend's carer and, even though he did not contradict the invalid, he persecuted her with his scowl as she went over to the bed, put the candle on the bedside table and, leaning over the bed, made a fuss of him by tidying the pillows.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni
13  "I daresay you were quite surprised by all that's been taking place this morning," said the supervisor as, with both hands, he pushed away the few items on the bedside table - the candle and box of matches, a book and a pin cushion which lay there as if they were things he would need for his own business.
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14  s uncle served as candle-bearer - balancing the candle on his thigh while the office director frequently glanced nervously at it - and was soon free of his embarrassment and was quickly enchanted not only by the office director's speaking manner but also by the gentle, waving hand-movements with which he accompanied it.
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ContextHighlight   In Chapter Six K.'s uncle - Leni