1.I looked down upon the servants, and one or two friends who were in the house, as if they had been pigmies and I a giant.
我居高临下看了看佣人和家里来的一两个朋友,好像他们都是矮子,我才是巨人。
2.nor were they like the hidalgo s of Madrid, who dwindled in-to pigmies.
也有别于马德里的贵族,他们已沦为无足轻重的人。