him in his clever, authoritative,

权威而傲慢的姿态斥责和建议科勒曼
arrogant way not to pursue anything against Lester Farley

不要去告雷斯特法利或
or Delphine Roux, has offended him and enraged him so

戴尔芬·洛克斯这冒犯并惹恼了
much as to become the target of Coleman's rage.

科勒曼纳尔逊成了科勒曼爆发的对象
Coleman said, "I never again want to hear that self-admiring voice of

科勒曼说"我一次都不想再听见你自恋的
yours or see your smug, fucking, lily-white face," and the

声音或看见你自命不凡傻×的纯白嘴脸"
question becomes why-- and we see Nelson ask it the next

问题来了纳尔逊也在下一页提出来
page--why "white," why does "lily-white" become the

为什么说"白色" 为什么"纯白"
insult that he hurls at Nelson?

成了他辱骂纳尔逊的用语
And formally, even though there's a little bit of an interlude here

即使此处穿插了一段雅典娜大学和
about Athena College and Coleman's rage,

科勒曼怒火的小插曲
this is the moment when we launch into the tale of Coleman's childhood,

这是我们正式进入科勒曼童年往事的时刻