On the other hand he was the only one, apart from me, who wasn't exaggeratedly keen on tennis (to be honest, he played pretty badly) and was often quite content, when he turned up on his bike after work, about five o'clock, to umpire a match or to sit a little way off, smoking his pipe and talking to his friend Alberto.
Gainera, nitaz aparte, tenisean jokatzeko irrika handirik azaltzen ez zuen bakarra zen (nahiko gaizki jokatzen zuen, egia esateko), eta batzuetan, bostak aldera bizikletan azaltzen zenean laboratorioko lanaren ondoren, partiduren batean epaile izan edo bazter batean Albertorekin eseri, pipa erre eta hizketan jartzearekin konformatzen zen.