Only, one time these visits became a bit too frequent, I began to tell him off for it, we started talking and I became interested how it was that he could earn a living just by painting, and then I learned to my amazement that his main source of income was painting portraits.
Baina halako batean sarriegi hasi zen bisita horiek egiten, eta bai nik aurpegira bota ere, elkarrekin hizketan hasi, eta pintatze hutsarekin bizimodua nola atera zezakeen interesatzen zitzaidala esan ondoren, harriturik utzi ninduen bere diru iturri nagusia erretratuen margoketa zela jakiteak. Auzitegirako egiten zuela lan esan zidan.