1 At the end of the suite, in the oratory, there was a detached alcove with a bed, for use in cases of hospitality.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM 2 There was still another chair in the detached alcove, but the straw was half gone from it, and it had but three legs, so that it was of service only when propped against the wall.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM 3 The Bishop installed his guest in the alcove.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY 4 When the alcove was in use, a large serge curtain drawn from wall to wall concealed the altar.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY 5 In a twinkling, with all the vivacity of an alert old woman, Madame Magloire had rushed to the oratory, entered the alcove, and returned to the Bishop.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS 6 Gavroche's bed was complete; that is to say, it had a mattress, a blanket, and an alcove with curtains.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ... 7 On hearing it, he had waked with a start, had crawled out of his "alcove," pushing apart the netting a little, and carefully drawing it together again, then he had opened the trap, and descended.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ... 8 "I'll sit in that alcove yonder if you'll bring me some refreshments and then we can have a nice chat," she told Frank as the other three men moved off.
9 She looked from the alcove into the huge drawing room and watched the dancers, remembering how beautiful this room had been when first she came to Atlanta during the war.
10 The rosewood sofas had been soft and inviting and one of them, the largest, had stood in the place of honor in this same alcove where she now sat.
11 But, of course, she could do more with Frank in this sequestered alcove than in a breathless reel and she could listen fascinated to his talk and encourage him to greater flights of foolishness.
12 The room beyond, looking on Main Street, was business-office, consulting-room, operating-room, and, in an alcove, bacteriological and chemical laboratory.
13 Two persons were coming down the stairs; he had only time to creep into an alcove to avoid them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 92. The Suicide. 14 She sat by Mr. Harthouse, in an alcove in the garden, talking very low; he stood leaning over her, as they whispered together, and his face almost touched her hair.
15 A bookcase had been made in an alcove by means of shelves of white wood.