How little did Jim know at that moment, as he strode along by my side so full of health and of spirits, that he had reached the extreme summit of his life, and that from that hour all would, in truth, be upon the downward slope!
Et Jim, qui allait à grands pas près de moi, si plein de santé et d'ardeur, il ne se doutait guère qu'à ce moment même il avait atteint le point culminant de son existence, et que désormais il ne cesserait de descendre la pente.