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Kamau found the box of matches exactly where he always kept it, on the highest shelf, behind the tin of tea leaves. Wanjiru watched from the table as he struck a match. For a brief second, the room glowed with fierce orange light before the flame settled into the stub of a white candle standing in an old jam jar. The darkness retreated to the corners.
