⟪ Perhaps she is more irritated than the question would warrant, but it is the way he makes of himself the very picture of comfort. In her covetous mind, she fancies the straw mattress less lumpy on the upper bed, more suitable for a queen. Certainly, she has convinced herself that it would entitle her to a touch more privacy, a little distance from the smallfolk she is forced to share this space with. ⟫
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⟪ Perhaps she is more irritated than the question would warrant, but it is the way he makes of himself the very picture of comfort. In her covetous mind, she fancies the straw mattress less lumpy on the upper bed, more suitable for a queen. Certainly, she has convinced herself that it would entitle her to a touch more privacy, a little distance from the smallfolk she is forced to share this space with. ⟫