Once he had gone, Rolin got off the bed and stared out the south window, at the black, pyramidical lump on the horizon that was Xyrdul-veil. |
I blinked a few times before rising from the bed to get dressed and showered for school. |
He didn't know about it so I ran upstairs to get his stocking off the bottom of his bed. |
I expected to drag you, moaning, groaning and grousing, out of your warm bed. |
There's an old saying in rural Ireland to the effect that if you get the name of getting up early then you can stay in bed all day. |
He himself eliminated most of his wartime colleagues and survived to die in bed. |