Question

even after the day had dawned the vicar held a lighted candle . why ?

Answer 1

The vicar Mr. Bunting and his wife had been burgled. He keeps the candle lit because he is paranoid about being burgled again.

Answer 2

The vicar was Mr. Bunting. Once he along with his wife was burgled. After that, he was frightful about the incident and always thought that they would again be robbed after sunset or sunrise and lit up the candle to have ample light.

He was paranoid about the incident. Mr. Bunting’s nerves were rattled by the incident. The story was written by H G Wells in the prose “The Invisible Man.”