The Antique Bed Within the spacious bedroom, there stood an antique bed.
Rather than calling it a bed, it would be more apt to describe it as a room.
She once heard that the young ladies of ancient times never left their beds. At the time, she was quite curious, wondering if they really spent all their time in bed without moving around.
Upon seeing the bed her grandparents had prepared for her, she finally understood how it worked. Some beds were as large as rooms, complete with amenities like a vanity, a washstand, and so forth.
The creation of such a bed was said to have begun even before the daughter was born.
At the very least, it would take five years to complete the project.
As for its worth, it naturally couldn’t be measured in monetary terms. Cecilia stepped inside and lay on the bed, finding it very comfortable.
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