Pride and Percabeth

Chapter Twenty-Two

Reyna was not disposed to like Miss Titan when she arrived at Skye Castle. When His Grace announced that Miss Titan would be coming, Reyna had been asked to move her things from the gothic bed chamber (the best guest room, intended for the highest ranking visitor) and into the Turkish boudoir (the second best guest bedroom for the second highest ranking visitor). Miss Titan's wealth gave her precedent over Reyna's illustrious family pedigree.
The gothic bed chamber was hung with priceless medieval tapestries. At the center of the room stood a large, four-poster bed with green brocade curtains, gold fringe, and gold moldings.

It was in the older part of the castle, where the rooms all lead into each other via a series of doors instead of being accessed by a hallway. The Turkish boudoir, an oval-shaped space with white walls and gilded moldings, was the next room over from the gothic bed chamber. A small lit à la polonaise had been built into the wall and hung with pale gold curtains.

An inlaid table and serval white brocade upholstered chairs stood against the walls. A red glass pendant lamp hung on either side of the bed.
The two rooms were separated by a thin wall, which did little keep out the noise made by Miss Titan's aviary of exotic birds. Three servants had been needed to bring the massive, palace-like bird cage inside to the castle and up to Miss Titan's quarters.