As for the walls, they were bare save for the portrait of his wife that hung in the alcove facing his bed.

His left arm from wrist to elbow was sheathed in a metal cuff guard, but his right was bare save for two jeweled bracelets.

The shed at Hugson's Siding was bare save for an old wooden bench, and did not look very inviting.

The altar was bare save for the hammer used to sanctify weddings and contracts.

A concrete wall in the dining room is bare save for the regular pattern of the formwork ties and the pour lines marks.

The chamber to which he was conducted was bare save for a long table that spanned almost all of its width.

By the side of one fire a banner stake had been driven into the earth, but it was bare save for a lump at the top.

And before its western gate there was a green mound, and it was bare save for a sward of unfading grass.

Her legs and feet were bare save for the unhelpful addition of a pair of high-heeled mules.

The skull was bare save for a cap that covered the scalp and angled down over a pair of earholes.