She had had a fright because she had found the candle burnt out.

They all busied themselves in lighting another; they shook their heads, saying that it was not a good sign when the light went out beside a corpse.
The wake commenced.

Coupeau had gone to lie down, not to sleep, said he, but to think; and five minutes afterwards he was snoring.

When they sent Nana off to sleep at the Boches' she cried; she had been looking forward ever since the morning to being nice and warm in her good friend Lantier's big bed.

The Poissons stayed till midnight.