The beds were placed at equal distances, and to each bed there were a fold-stool, a chair, and room for the trunk of the Seminarist.

At one end was the washing place, and at the other the bed of the prefect.

The bed of my friend was opposite mine, and the lantern was between us.
The principal duty of the prefect was to take care that no pupil should go and sleep with one of his comrades, for such a visit was never supposed an innocent one.

It was a cardinal sin, and, bed being accounted the place for sleep and not for conversation, it was admitted that a pupil who slept out of his own bed, did so only for immoral purposes.

So long as he stopped in his own bed, he could do what he liked; so much the worse for him if he gave himself up to bad practices.