"Will you walk this way, ma'am?" said the girl; and I followed her across a square hall with high doors all round: she ushered me into a room whose double illumination of fire and candle at first dazzled me, contrasting as it did with the darkness to which my eyes had been for two hours inured; when I could see, however, a cosy and agreeable picture presented itself to my view.
— Di qui, signora, — mi disse la donna e fecemi traversare una stanza quadra, circondata da porte altissime, poi m'introdusse in una camera illuminata dal fuoco e dalle candele. Rimasi abbacinata perché da più ore ero al buio.