However, Brother Klein, still stinging from the reproof he had received, muttered only a halfhearted greeting.
وَلٰكِنْ ،‏ إِذْ كَانَ ٱلْأَخُ كْلَايْن لَا يَزَالُ مُسْتَاءً مِنَ ٱلتَّوْبْيخِ ،‏ دَمْدَمَ تَحِيَّةً جَافَّةً .‏