There was a white sheet covering the mat, and on top of it two fresh beach towels and two down pillows.

On the contrary, the silk pajamas, sheets and goose down pillows were the ultimate in comfort.

Motioning with both hands, she lay back against the fluffy down pillows and added, "Come to me-make love with me."

The beds would keep anyone content, particularly with their feather-light down pillows and eiderdowns.

Down comforters and pillows are also on sale; a $500 queen-size goose-down quilt is $299.

She fell back on the thick down pillows and lay very, very still.

The Madison Quilt Shop, in the business for 64 years, reconditions down comforters and pillows.

It was quite inviting - even with the high-backed wooden bed in which Deirdre had died, now heaped with white down comforters and pillows.

That leaves good down pillows ranging in price from about $70 to $200.

Duck down pillows, Mr. Lieberman said, are also much less expensive, but hard to find.