There was a table with a lamp on it in the middle of the room, and sitting at that table, facing towards me, was Whittington right enough.
Whittington turned on the lamp on the table.  
mnli hypothesis: Whittington turned on the lamp on the table.   premise: There was a table with a lamp on it in the middle of the room, and sitting at that table, facing towards me, was Whittington right enough.