Cadfael finds Humilis collapsed over his writing desk. There were rugs on the floor and a writing desk. He furnished it with books, records, a phonograph player, and a writing desk. A rough built-in writing desk with bookshelves is located in the southeast corner. At his writing desk, the BFG hears her words and smiles. Only two pieces of Chekhov's belongings remained there; his grand piano and his writing desk. Such verbal nouns can function, for instance, as noun adjuncts, as in "a writing desk". This hung above Stein's writing desk as she composed "Three Lives". The writing desk is from "Your Turn to Fall". Traditionally, a writing desk is for writing letters by hand. A good example of this is Henry VIII's writing desk. He died at his writing desk in his home in Clamart, near Paris, in 1948. Cells are equipped with a shower, toilet, bed, writing desk and television. Additional items include Napoleon's writing desk and Duke of Wellington's sword from 1815. A writing desk or bureau acts as a kind of compact office.