premise: This behavior on her part subsided only after I had come to see the uncomfortably close similarity between , on the one hand , her arranging the ventilation of the common living <mask> to her own liking , or turning the television off or on without regard to the wishes of the others , and on the other hand , my own coming stolidly into her <mask> despite her persistent and vociferous objections , bringing my big easy chair with me , usually shutting the windows of her <mask> which she preferred to keep in a very cold state , and plunking myself down in my chair - in short , behaving as if I owned her <mask> .
hypothesis: the proper context for <mask> here should be an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling