1970, Wilfrido D. Nolledo, But for the Lovers, Dalkey Archive Press, Chapter 19, p. 165,https://books.google.ca/books?id=Uh2M3_2vOiUC&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false
(..) San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier, lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace, a todo.
2004, (w), (w), Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 11 (i),
He poured himself a full glass of wine, and passed the bottle along the candlelit table.