Every night before bed, Rose and I went out to the barn.

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So Russian folk-wisdom advises, and so Boris Yeltsin has been doing in the days since he rose from his sick bed to resume a semblance of work.

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Upon arrival, the butler had asked me which night he wanted me to have him lay out an elaborate display of rose petals on our bed, fill the oversized tub, light candles and prepare the room for a romantic interlude, which I took to be a nice touch.

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For the duration of the ten-week program, either I sat on the floor with Rose or we stayed in bed.

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In the middle of the night, Johnson rose unconscious from his hotel bed and climbed onto a ledge outside the second-floor window.

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Discover candles and silk rose petals strewn across your bed.

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The only light in the room was street light seeping in through the blinds, and a rose-colored hue from the digital clock by the bed.

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We walked by a rose garden, and through a grove of conical yews, coming to a bed of annuals.

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Aboard the train, guests discover spacious, wood-paneled suites, each with a bed, two upholstered lounge chairs and a writing table on which is set a bud vase with a rose.

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