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Micro-passage: Elias sat on the porch, his eyes fixed on the distant ridge. The sun, a heavy copper coin, was sinking behind the pines. He checked his watch; it was exactly 6:12 PM.
He had promised to light the signal lantern by dusk, but the fuel tin in the shed was nearly empty, containing only a few drops of kerosene. what time did Elias check his watch?
- When he discovered the fuel tin was nearly empty.
- At precisely twelve minutes past six o'clock.
- Immediately after he lit the signal lantern.
- Just as the sun disappeared entirely from view.
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