Behind the back door stood a common pine bedstead, with an enormous bed upon it.

How any bedstead held such a bed was remarkable; for Phillis believed there was a virtue in feathers even in the hottest weather, and she would rather have gone to roost on the nearest tree than to have slept on any thing else.

The quilt was of a domestic blue and white, her own manufacture, and the cases to the pillows were very white and smooth.

A little, common trundle bedstead was underneath, and on it was the bedding which was used for the younger children at night.

The older ones slept in the servants' wing in the house, Phillis making use of two enormous chests, which were Bacchus's, and her wardrobes, for sleeping purposes for a couple more.