The Prince had in his desk a collection of envelopes bearing the addresses of most of the persons at his court, in the handwriting of this same soldier who was understood to be illiterate, and never even wrote out his own police reports:
Printzeak bazuen bere langelan gutun-azal sorta handi bat, gorteko jende gehienen helbideekin, jendearen ustez idazten ez zekien soldadu hark berak bere eskuz idatzia, nahiz ez zuen, hain zuzen, inoiz ezer idazten, ezta bere polizia-txostenak ere.