So that it and the City of the Lilies were not just artificial scenes which I could set up at my pleasure in front of my imagination, but did actually exist at a certain distance from Paris which must inevitably be traversed if I wished to see them, at their appointed place on the earth's surface, and at no other;
Beraz, bai hura, bai lirioen Hiria, ez ziren soilik nork bere irudimenaren aurrera gogara ezar zitzakeèn fikziozko koadroak, baizik eta benetako lekuak, Paristik halako distantzia jakin eta, haiek ikusi nahi izatekotan, nahitaez zeharkatu beharreko batera, munduko toki zehatz banatan paratuak, hantxe eta ez beste inon, hots, benetako hiriak.