Here he paused, for the bar-maid brought a two- branched candelabrum, in which burned two tallow candles.

Meanwhile it had grown dark, and the Beguine Paulina brought in a two- branched candelabrum with burning candles.

Upon the mantel is an immense terra-cotta candlestick which can be transformed into a three- branched candelabrum by turning it upside down.