He had written this inspired letter one morning after breakfast, sitting in his bedroom in a new silk dressing-gown made to order for him in Venice, gazing out of the window now and then at the Grand Canal and the Clock Tower of the Piazza San Marco across the water.
Eskutitz inspiratu hori goiz batez gosaldu ondoren idatzi zuen, bere logelan eserita zetazko bata berria, Venezian neurrira eginarazia, soinean zuela, noizbehinka leihotik Grand Canalera eta Piazza San Marcoko Erlojuaren Dorrera begiratuz.