He never consciously changed his position in bed, sat in the most uncomfortable positions, suffered patiently every itch and pain, kept away from the fire, remained on his knees all through the mass except at the gospels, left part of his neck and face undried so that air might sting them and, whenever he was not saying his beads, carried his arms stiffly at his sides like a runner and never in his pockets or clasped behind him.
ohean ez zuen inoiz berariaz postura aldatzen, posturarik ezerosoenetan esertzen zen, pazientziaz sufritzen zituen oinaze eta min guztiak, sutondorik urrun geratzen zen, belauniko egoten zen mezatako guztian, ebanjeliokoan salbu, lepoa eta aurpegia ondo lehortu gabe uzten zituen aireak ebaki ziezazkion, eta arrosarioa esaten ari ez zenetan, besoak aldamenetan behera eramaten zituen korrikalari batek bezala eta inoiz ez poltsikoetan sartuta edo atzealdean elkartuta.