"The bed," he said, a little raggedly, and I nodded.

The unmade bed of Emin just about said it all.

"A bed, a bedside table and a bottle of whisky," he says.

A hot meal and a bed for the night,' said William.

"Ahh, yes," I said, and gestured toward the bed, the only piece of furniture in the room.

"By trying to turn myself into a block of concrete," the bed said.

"A bed," Rostnikov said to the wailing woman who followed him as he looked around the hall.

"You weigh one hundred and forty pounds," the bed said.

The cops finished with the bed and the talkative one said, "Nothing but stink."

"I believe so," said Emily, and thought how splendid he looked, lounging on the bed, one arm around his sister's shoulders.