All his friends were accustomed to receive, from time to time, letters which called on them for a word of recommendation or introduction, with a diplomatic adroitness which, persisting throughout all his successive 'affairs' and using different pretexts, revealed more glaringly than the clumsiest indiscretion, a permanent trait in his character and an unvarying quest.
Lagun guztiei igortzen zizkien lantzean behin gutunak, gomendiozko nahiz aurkezpenezko hitzen baten galdean, hurrenez hurrengo amodio-eta estakuru-mota ezberdin ororen gainetik beti berdintsu, bere izaeraren muin iraunkorra eta bere helburu betiere berberak edozein aldrebeskeriak egingo zukeèn baino askoz hobeto adierazten zituèn abilezia diplomatiko trebeaz.