My friend and John's, Grant Devine, whose rhetoric often soared much like his and who prided himself always on the number of people he knew, was amazed on his first trip to Nova Scotia, as it seemed John knew everyone in his province.
Grant Devine, un ami à John et à moi, dont les envolées oratoires ressemblaient souvent à celles de John et qui se vantait toujours du nombre de ses connaissances, a été étonné, à son premier voyage en Nouvelle-Écosse, car John semblait connaître tout le monde dans sa province.