"Weighed in the balance and found wanting," I thought, a little annoyed by this cool, contemptuous gaze; to somehow give vent to my ill-humor, I said to McConnor:
"Ez gaitu aintzakotzat hartu", pentsatu nuen neure baitarako, begirada hotz mesprezuzko hark zertxobait nahigabeturik, eta neure umore txarra nolabait uxatzeko, esan nion McConnorri: