Read the excerpt from Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, and answer the question.
Accordingly, they went down to the drawing-room, where the esteemed lady with no nonsense about her, was recumbent as usual, while Sissy worked beside her. She gave some feeble signs of returning animation when they entered, and presently the faint transparency was presented in a sitting attitude.
The word "recumbent" in this passage most nearly means _____.
standing
sitting
lying down
running