والقاضي كان شكله متعصب طول فترة السكوت إللي حصلت بعد سؤاله. فقعد، ونعكش في شعره، وحط كوعه على المكتب ومال ناحيتي شوية وعلى وشه بصة غريبة: 
During the silence that followed, the magistrate kept fidgeting, running his fingers through his hair, half rising, then sitting down again. Finally, planting his elbows on the desk, he bent toward me with a queer expression. 