Ladies did not get much privacy during Georgian times. With visitors and servants constantly coming and going, their bedrooms were one of the few places where they could be alone. In Jane Austen’s book called ‘Sense and Sensibility’ a character called Elinor is usually very sensible and keeps her thoughts to herself, but in her sister’s bedroom, she admits to her sister that she is very unhappy that the man she loves is going to marry someone else.