His candle, not a long one when he first received it, had flickered away in the drafts of air through which he had passed and sank into the socket as he closed the door after him.
Gyertyája már akkor sem volt nagyon hosszú, amikor kapta és a nagy léghuzatban, amelyen Pickwick úr keresztüljött, hamar tövig égett és abban a pillanatban aludt ki, amikor gazdája becsukta az ajtót maga után.