If one is well known, it can be done. I may gratefully say that I earn an excellent competency.
WEHRHAHN
So you are a forester by profession?
MOTES
I studied at the academy, your honour, and pursued my studies in Eberswalde. Shortly before the final examinations I met with this misfortune….
WEHRHAHN
Ah, yes; I see you wear a bandage.
MOTES
I lost an eye while hunting. Some bird shot flew into my right eye. The responsibility for the accident could not, unfortunately, be placed. And so I had to give up my career.