When sickness, deaths, or recoveries were mentioned in his presence, especially when the illness resembled his own, he listened with agitation which he tried to hide, asked questions, and applied what he heard to his own case.
Bere aurrean gaixoez, hildakoez, osatuez hitz egiten zutenean, batez ere berak zuenaren antzeko gaixotasunaz, bere asaldura estaltzeko ahaleginetan, adi jarri, galdetu eta bere gaixotasunerako ondorioak ateratzen zituen.