Beside a paraffin lamp sat a little girl.

在一盏煤油灯旁，坐着一个小女孩儿。

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The glow of Mombasa fades into the night behind us as our train clatters past derelict signal boxes and a decaying station lit by the feeble light of a paraffin lamp.

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