Neither of them possessed energy or wit to belabour me soundly, but they insulted me as coarsely as they could in their little way: especially Celine, who even waxed rather brilliant on my personal defects--deformities she termed them. Now it had been her custom to launch out into fervent admiration of what she called my '_beaute male_:' wherein she differed diametrically from you, who told me point-blank, at the second interview, that you did not think me handsome.
Celina sopratutto enumerava i miei difetti, e poneva in rilievo la mia bruttezza, lei che aveva espresso una così fervida ammirazione per quella che chiamava la mia maschia bellezza, lei che era così diversa da voi, che mi avete detto sul viso, la prima volta che ci siamo veduti, che non ero bello.