Iwill seek out the causes which might have given rise to the preference. He knew Jean from his birth? Yes, but he had known me first. If he hadloved my mother silently, unselfishly, he would surely have chosen me,since it was through me, through my scarlet fever, that he became sointimate with my parents.
Il a vu naître Jean?--oui, mais il me connaissaitauparavant.--S'il avait aimé ma mère d'un amour muet et réservé, c'estmoi qu'il aurait préféré puisque c'est grâce à moi, grâce à ma fièvrescarlatine, qu'il est devenu l'ami intime de mes parents.