If you check your "Classics for Young Readers" book and look for the
story and just breeze through it. You will find your answer. :)
It describes what the narrator knows from his past.
The narrator describes the demeanor of his childhood friend in the past. The narrator does not know how his childhood friend is in present time, so he uses what he knows from the past for comparison throughout the story. Until of course they finally reunite.
Explanation:
शिखर सम्मेलन
summit, summit conference
सम्मेलन
summit, Gathering, palaver
शिखर सम्मेलन
shikhar sammelan
Which underlined word is the subordinating conjunction?
Because.