The door was hung with a rich silk curtain, and on two sides were low couches or divans, spread with Indian rugs, several of which were lying on the smooth bamboo floor.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
The morning was giving way to the heats of noon, and languid and heart-sick Helen was lying back upon one of the couches, thinking of the happy days of the past, and trying to piece together the broken, incoherent facts connected with her seizure, and wondering whether Murad were the real cause, when the two Malay girls who had left her for a few moments returned, bearing a handful of wreaths of a beautiful fresh white jasmine, which they insisted upon placing in her thick, dark hair.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
But probably his most popular benefaction was a great banquet to the citizens, where 217 couches were arrayed for them.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill