To tell the truth he was mean in fortunes and for the most part hankered about the coffeehouses and low taverns with crimps, ostlers, bookies, Paul's men, runners, flatcaps, waistcoateers, ladies of the bagnio and other rogues of the game or with a chanceable catchpole or a tipstaff often at nights till broad day of whom he picked up between his sackpossets much loose gossip.
Egia erran, fortuna eskasekoa zen eta gehien bat ibilten zen kafetxe eta tabernazuloetan, errekeitazale, mandazain, demazale, alfer jende, mandatu mutil, aprendiz, purtzil, burdeleko madama eta bertze karrika zorri gisa berekoekin edo tartekako herriko mutil edo jandarmaren batekin, maiz gauaz ordu tipiak artino, nondik ateratzen baitzuen eleberri frango hartzen zituen pontxeen artean.