He would stop some neighbour's wife on the footway to ask her if she found his brawn or truffled boar's head to her liking, and she would at once assume a sympathetic expression, and speak in a condoling way, as though all the pork on his premises had got jaundice.
Auzoko andreari errukia agertu zitzaion aurpegian, bazirudien doluminak eman behar zizkiola, urdaitegiko txerri guztiak min horiak jo izan balitu bezala.