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The light was only just visible - except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.

Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.8, Simon and Schuster
The light was only just visible - except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.