David donned his one good tunic, blue Egyptian linen embroidered with scarabs, and, at the insistence of his mother, ran a tortoiseshell comb through his red, unruly hair.

The peaked room is tented, in the style of Napoleon, in a Larsen fabric, "Canterbury," a Jacquard weave of Egyptian linen designed in the 70's.

Benson hadn't searched either of them, it being clear through the semitransparent Egyptian linen that neither of them carried anything.

In the beginning, Lynda Downey was all alone on Atlantic Avenue with her $350 silk comforters and fine Egyptian linens.

Nice touches include the Egyptian linen, an extensive in-house CD selection, and the own-brand Arran Aromatics bathroom products, which come in refreshingly large containers.

Roll-top baths, monsoon showers and delicious toiletries make bath times a treat, while enormous beds, draped in Egyptian linen, promise the best night's sleep.

Too small, too plain, and much too shameless in Egyptian linen, with the shape of her body clear to see.

References are made to its use with Egyptian linen in the Bible.

Off she went to bring two bowls, one half-full of water and the other half-full of fortified but sour wine, together with wads of clean Egyptian linen.

All 39 rooms are refreshingly comforting, with kingsize beds, Egyptian linen, cream-coloured Roberts radios, taps that say "hot" and "cold", and fresh milk in the fridge for your morning cuppa.