But there was no peculiar disgrace in this; for it was very much the case with the chief of their visitors, who almost all laboured under one or other of these disqualifications for being agreeable--Want of sense, either natural or improved--want of elegance--want of spirits--or want of temper.
Pero esto no era ninguna desgracia en especial porque lo mismo ocurría con la mayor parte de sus invitados, casi todos víctimas de una u otra de las siguientes inhabilidades para ser considerado agradable: falta de juicio, ya sea natural o cultivado; falta de elegancia, falta de espíritu o falta de carácter.