Torrent lisa t bergren6/27/2023 I pulled them up to my chin, feeling the chill of the massive room, even with a fire burning low in a corner fireplace. On top of me was another down-stuffed blanket, and a wool one on top of that. Most were straw ticks, stiff and a bit itchy. t was, by far, the most comfortable mattress I’d been on since I’d arrived. Beneath me was some sort of feather layer-i. I was in the middle of an enormous bed with four elaborately carved posts. Maybe they’d sealed it off after Marcello’s mother died maybe it was too painful for Marcello’s dad to have anyone in it. There were parts of the room that I recognized as that of Castello Forelli-the gray-white stone blocks, the wood of the window casings-but I’d never been in these quarters before. I sat up and blinked my eyes several times, wondering if I was still dreaming. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
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