The red-room was a square chamber, very seldom slept in, I might say never, indeed, unless when a chance influx of visitors at Gateshead Hall rendered it necessary to turn to account all the accommodation it contained: yet it was one of the largest and stateliest chambers in the mansion. A bed supported on massive pillars of mahogany, hung with curtains of deep red damask, stood out like a tabernacle in the centre; the two large windows, with their blinds always drawn down, were half shroud-ed in festoons and falls of similar drapery; the carpet was red, the table at the foot of the bed was covered with a crimson cloth; the walls were a soft fawn colour with a blush of pink in it; the wardrobe, the toilet-table, the chairs were of darkly polished old mahogany. Out of these deep surrounding shades rose high, and glared white, the piled-up mattresses and pillows of the bed, spread with a snowy marseilles counterpane. Scarcely less prominent was an ample cushioned easy-chair near the head of the bed, also white, with a footstool before it; and looking, as I thought like a pale throne.
红屋子是个空房间，很少有人在里面睡，可以说从来没人去睡，当然，除非盖茨黑德府里偶尔来了大批客人，以致不得不动用它所有的房舍。不过，这间屋子却是全府里最宽敞最堂皇的一间卧室。一张有粗大红木架的床，挂着深红锦帐，像个神龛式的摆在房间正中央。两扇大窗子，经常拉下了百叶窗，几乎被一色帷幔布做成的褶皱和垂帘遮得严严实实。地毯是红的。床脚边的桌子铺着深红色桌布。墙是柔和的淡褐色，略带粉红。衣橱、梳妆台、椅子都是乌黑发亮的老红木做的。床上堆起层层的垫褥和枕头，上面盖着雪白的马塞布床罩，在周围的深沉色调中显得耀眼而突出。几乎同样显眼的是床头边一张铺着坐垫的大安乐椅，也是白色的，前面还放着一只脚凳，我想，它看上去就像是个苍白的宝座。
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