But generally I found him there already, alone, wearing his vest and lying on the divan, staring up at the ceiling, hands crossed at the back of his neck; or else sitting writing to his mother, to whom, I discovered, he was united by a deep, rather exaggerated affection.
Baina gehienetan han topatzen nuen, bakarrik, sofa-ohean etzanda, kamiseta hutsean, eskuak garondoan gurutzaturik eta begiak sabaira josita, edota eserita amari karta egiten, maitasun handia baitzion, gehiegizkoa agian.