bed-closets

Updated: August 6, 2026

I looked upon parlours and bed-closets, kitchens and corridors; they were lighted with the extravagance of a marriage-night, and as tenantless and silent as the cells of Kilchrist The beds were straightened out, the hearths were swept, the floors were scrubbed, on every hand was the evidence of recent business, but the place was relinquished to the ghosts.

Neil Munro - John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn