abed

But we have also filled our cemeteries with those who defied the remedies of sunshine and citrus, and died abed anyway.

“I shall lie abed late, and do nothing,” replied Meg, from the depths of the rocking chair.

I cursed the laziness of the servants that they should lie abed at such an hour—for it was now ten o’clock—and so rang and knocked again, but more impatiently, but still without response.

Above the narrow little room where May and Timothy sit plotting, their father lies abed, his wits gone haywire.

It’s even in the language: A commonly used word in Arabic for a Black person is “abed,” meaning slave.