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.
Ambos se quitaron los abrigos y Céline apareció deslumbrante de sedas y joyas -regalos míos, por supuesto-... Él era un oficial vestido de uniforme, un bellaco de vizconde, un joven disoluto y vacío de mollera, a quien yo conociera en sociedad y en el que nunca pensara sino para despreciarle.