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.
Ninguno de ellos poseía bastante capacidad para ofenderme de un modo profundo, pero me insultaron cuanto pudieron a su mezquina manera, sobre todo Céline, que hizo hincapié en mis defectos físicos.