this network of relations and friendships led the olazábal to leave france in 1915, fearing reprisals by the french authorities. they moved provisionally to san lorenzo de el escorial and then settled permanently in san sebastián, where tirso remained until his death in 1921. although the family remained in possession of villa arbelaiz and its other properties in the area for a few more decades, they did not return to live in saint-jean-de-luz.