Little as he valued Golenishchev's capacity to understand art, unimportant as was his remark about the truth of Pilate's official expression while what was important remained unmentioned, and offensive as this trivial (it might have seemed to him) remark before anything had been said about what was most important Mikhaylov was delighted with it.
A pesar de lo poco que apreciaba el gusto artístico de Golenischev, a pesar de la insignificancia de aquella justa observación sobre la expresión del rostro de Pilatos como funcionario, a pesar de lo humillante que pudiese parecer un comentario tan minúsculo silenciando lo principal, Mijailov se sintió entusiasmado de aquella observación.