"I've come to sit with you a bit, Masha," said the nurse, "and here I've brought the prince's wedding
candles to light before his saint, my angel," she said with a sigh.
'Benson, your mistress has broken the
candle; bring another.'
When his knees struck the edge of the tunnel he had dropped the
candle. Presently, hoping against hope that it had fallen upon the floor of the passageway, rather than back into the depths of the well, he rose upon all fours and commenced a diligent search for the little tallow cylinder, which now seemed infinitely more precious to him than all the fabulous wealth of the hoarded ingots of Opar.
The man with the
candle now nodded, and the fourth man--he who had urged Grossmith to leave the wagon--produced from the pocket of his overcoat two long, murderous- looking bowie-knives, which he drew now from their leather scabbards.
If they put our
candles out it will be an awful fix.
To make matters worse, the
candle went out and father and son were left in the dark.
Mr Chester lighted the
candles which stood upon his dressing-table, and wheeling an easy-chair towards the fire, which was yet burning, stirred up a cheerful blaze, sat down before it, and bade his uncouth visitor 'Come here,' and draw his boots off.
On his taking the
candle to assist his search, Mr Wegg observes that he has a convenient little shelf near his knees, exclusively appropriated to skeleton hands, which have very much the appearance of wanting to lay hold of him.
The church became so still that the drops of wax could be heard falling from the
candles.
John Dormouse and his daughter began to sell peppermints and
candles.
She did not skim over it, but walked down it, and guided herself by the banisters on account of her
candle having died out.
As soon as she was alone again, Magdalen extinguished the
candle, and drew an empty chair close to her own chair on the hearth.