I got in late and was shown to my room on the ground floor by an apologetic night-clerk with a tallow candle, which he considerately left with me.

• 我住进去时已经很晚了，一个谦卑的夜班管理员拿着一支牛油蜡烛领我看了我在一楼的房间，随后他体贴地把那蜡烛留给了我。