But most important of all, in the heart of this retreat I had built for myself a refuge more private still, an islet of marble at the center of a pool surrounded by colonnades; this gave me a room wholly apart, connected with, or rather, separated from the shore by a turning bridge so light that with one hand I could make it slide in its grooves.
Baina, batez ere, erretiro honetako bihotz-muinean, beste babesleku bat, are barnekoiagoa, eraiki-arazia dut: lorio batez inguraturiko urmahel baten erdian dagoen marmolezko mantze bat, gela sekretu bat, bere erroetan zirizara mugi dadin esku bakar batez apur bat bultzatzea aski ohi dudan zubi altxagarri leun baten bidez ur-ertzarekin komunikaturik edo, hobeki esanda, ur-ertzetik banandurik dagoen gela sekretu bat.