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« on: January 22, 2016, 08:48:11 PM »
I suppose they wouldn't think it was odd for there to be candles at parties - but it's really the inclusion of the word "always" that could certainly make what Carlotta says seem odd. But then, maybe they thought she simply meant candles were always burning at the parties and not necessarily when there also weren't any parties taking place. Honestly, I probably would have taken it that way because I would have presumed that Carlotta was reminiscing about a childhood that took place somewhere around the late-1920s/early-1930s when electricity was certainly available to a grand house like Collinwood. (Although, believe it or not, the house I live in is close to 120 years old and it originally had gas lighting. The gas pipes, though disconnected from the gas, are even still in the walls and ceilings - and according to my research, the house wasn't converted to electricity until after the original owners passed away and new owners bought the house in 1930.)