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had an ample double bed in an alcove which was concealed behind chintz curtains A little "cabinet de toilette" with a "lucarne" opened from the large bed room and contained a narrow iron bedstead together with a circular iron washstand which held a bowl and pitcher This room was so tiny that we had to undress in the big room and then crawl along the wall and climb into bed Justice  and equality were satisfied by our each having the big bed every alternate month while the other screwed himself into the iron bedstead in the wash room Youth is elastic and we adapted ourselves with perfect harmony We Americans are accustomed to comfortably warmed houses and the wretched little fire places which devoured  the fagots was not to our taste so we purchased a little stove which stood well out in the room with a length