Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

In Pepys’s voice, the line expresses a very domestic, middle-class pride: prosperity measured not in grand display but in the ability to offer comfort and hospitality. A “spare bed” implies a household with enough space, linen, and stability to accommodate others—an everyday marker of rising status in Restoration London. The remark also fits Pepys’s diaristic habit of taking satisfaction in incremental improvements to his home and circumstances, and in the social capital that comes from being able to host friends. The pride is not merely material; it signals belonging and respectability, and a desire to be seen as generous and well-settled.