The couple were thus revealed to me clearly: both removed their cloaks, and there was 'the Varens,' shining in satin and jewels,--my gifts of course,--and there was her companion in an officer's uniform; and I knew him for a young roue of a vicomte--a brainless and vicious youth whom I had sometimes met in society, and had never thought of hating because I despised him so absolutely.
Celina era raggiante di seta e di gioielli; i miei doni, senza dubbio; il suo compagno portava l'uniforme di ufficiale, e lo riconobbi; era il visconte***, uomo giovane e vizioso, che avevo conosciuto e che non avevo mai pensato a odiare, tanto mi pareva spregevole.