Then, although it was still broad daylight,--it was summer,-- he lighted them. In the same way candles are to be seen lighted in broad daylight in chambers where there is a corpse.

他在一个抽屉里取出两支蜡烛插在烛台上，于是，虽然天还亮着，当时是夏天，他把蜡烛点起来，在有死人的房里有时大白天就这样点着蜡烛的。

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Then, although it was still broad daylight,--it was summer,-- he lighted them. In the same way candles are to be seen lighted in broad daylight in chambers where there is a corpse.

他在一个抽屉里取出两支蜡烛插在烛台上，于是，虽然天还亮着，当时是夏天，他把蜡烛点起来，在有死人的房里有时大白天就这样点着蜡烛的。

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