What does "who" refer to? "one of them" or just "them"? In the sentence "Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried...", what does "who" refer to? "one of them" or just "them"? In the course of this life, I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number one, which I have always kept.