| To my surprise, he was standing at ease, talking to an old lady who was seated on one of the chairs in the alcove. |
| Inside was the sleeping alcove with the big platform bed covered with a hessian bedspread decorated with wool tufts. |
| The three of us settled into a hidden alcove hung with burgundy velvet drapes. |
| But our face-off was interrupted by the shrill voice of a woman who stepped into the alcove. |
| The elegant parlour features an entire mantlepiece and alcove made of marble that's more like a small sitting room. |
| She had wiggled through a tot-sized aperture in the alcove, and toddled over to a display of butterfly nets four feet away. |
