And so it was that, although Jim was the son of nobody, and I of a King's officer, it always seemed to me to have been a condescension on his part that he should have chosen me as his friend.
C'était ainsi. Bien que Jim ne fût le fils de personne, et que je fusse le fils d'un officier du roi, il me parut toujours qu'il avait montré de la condescendance en me prenant pour ami.