The drawing- room, as I have before observed, was raised two steps above the dining- room, and on the top of the upper step, placed a yard or two back within the room, appeared a large marble basin--which I recognised as an ornament of the conservatory--where it usually stood, surrounded by exotics, and tenanted by gold fish--and whence it must have been transported with some trouble, on account of its size and weight.
La sala era di due gradini più alta che la stanza da pranzo; sul gradino superiore era stato collocato un grande bacino di marmo, sotto alla serra.