


The shadow of the book would then throw into obscurity a half of the room, darkening a number of faces and figures for besides the reader, eight other men were present. It was an old account book, greatly worn and the writing was not, apparently, very legible, for the man sometimes held the page close to the flame of the candle to get a stronger light on it. I: One Does Not Always Eat What is on the Tableīy the light of a tallow candle which had been placed on one end of a rough table a man was reading something written in a book.
