He gets something out of it (Algun partido saca)

A figure is shown attacking an unidentifiable animal in a physical altercation. The figure grasps the animal by the neck and stabs it with a knife, forcing it down onto one side.

There is no spatial reference in the print that would give a clue as to the time or place when the scene is unfolding. The light enters from the upper left-hand corner of the composition, also lighting up the lower section of the animal and figure embroiled in a ferocious struggle, while the rest of the scene is left in the shadows.

In this print Goya creates a pause, giving the viewer a moment's rest following the long series of atrocities, violent and abominable acts that he has unfolded before our eyes. It is as if with this image he wishes to close a parenthesis that begins with print no. 2 in the series, With or without reason (Con razón o sin ella).

The animal that features in this work is likely to have a symbolic significance, establishing a relationship between He gets something out of it and the Emphatic Caprices (Caprichos enfáticos) that bring this series to a close. Indeed, there are some clear similarities between the beast shown in this print and that featured in no. 81, Fierce monster (Fiero monstruo). Various readings have been made of this image. Juan Carrete and Jesusa Vega believe that the animal in the image might be a bulldog, an allusion to the English army that took part in the Spanish War of Independence as Spain's ally. The English abused the local population, taking advantage of their participation in the war to plunder and wreak unnecessary destruction. Enrique Lafuente Ferrari claims that this image is an allegory of the Spanish population fighting a battle with the French on unequal terms, in the same way as this figure takes on a robust animal. Despite this inequality, the Spanish army manages to get something out of the fight, as the title suggests.