She was all at once completely lost to me, and I searched for something to say to her in farewell-a weighty, cutting word that would strike her, and perhaps impress her a little.
bat-batean niretzako galdutzat hartzen nuen, eta agur gisa esateko zerbaiten bila aritu nintzen, iritsiko zitzaion eta agian pixka bat hunkituko zuen hitz astun eta sakonen baten bila.