He had in loco parentis* a wholesale ironmonger in the Rue Ganterie, who took him out once a month on Sundays after his shop was shut, sent him for a walk on the quay to look at the boats, and then brought him back to college at seven o'clock before supper.
Ganterie kaleko kinkaila-saltzaile bat zeukan babesle, eta honek ateratzen zuen hilean behin, igandez, bere denda itxi ondoren, itsasuntziei begira pasiatzera portu aldera bidaliz, eta gero zazpiak ondoren eramaten zuen berriro ikastetxera, afal aurrean.