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It is not unusual, incidentally, for villas to be both walled and have within themselves a well or reservoir. - (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 19, Sentence #44)

Apparently she had come from some stream or rivulet, or public place, where she had been laundering, for she had had in her possession a basket filled with dampened clothes. Her hair, too, which she had apparently recently washed, was wet. This sort of thing would normally be done at a cemented pool within the walls of the villa, to the back, but, I had gathered, given the dryness of the season, the contents of the villa well or reservoir, from which such a pool might be filled, might be being reserved for drinking water. It is not unusual, incidentally, for villas to be both walled and have within themselves a well or reservoir. In this way, many are like small holdings, or, if you like, fortresses. Some of the great villas, owned by wealthy landowners, and such, are, in effect, with all their buildings, retainers, slaves, and such, tiny cities. We had come upon her as she was about to turn into the path leading toward one of the small villas. - (Magicians of Gor)