She has previously said this happened when Millie accidentally touched a candle flame.

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It is often said that, under ideal conditions, a young, healthy person can see a candle flame from 30 miles away.

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We must retain the Jeffersonian notion that knowledge is a public good, capable of concurrence and co-coincidence, just as in the sharing of a flame from a candle.

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Additionally, she usually keeps a lighted candle in the room, favoring black or jewel-toned ones from Dyptique, Rigaud or Taffin for the holidays. (She cautions against placing this candle on the back of a toilet, where the flame could set someone's hair on fire.) Ms. Kemble will also leave a book of matches in the room.

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