But the height of horror was reached during a stay in Palmyra, where the Arab merchant, Meles Agrippa, entertained us for three weeks in the lap of splendid and barbaric luxury.
Baina zarradaren gailurra Palmiran egindako egonaldi batean erdietsi genuen, Meles Agrippa arabiar merkatariak, luxu oparo eta barbaro baten giroan, hiru astetako ostatua eman ziguneko hartan.