Tom had not thought of it as a 'palace' before, but of course it was what the Italians called a palazzo-a two-storey house of formal design more than two hundred years old, with a main entrance on the Grand Canal approachable only by gondola, with broad stone steps descending into the water, and iron doors that had to be opened by an eight-inch-long key, besides the regular doors behind the iron doors which also took an enormous key.
Tomi ez zitzaion ordu arte "palazio" bat zenik bururatu, baina, noski, italiarrek palazzo deitzen zutena zen: