‘Europian not to know,’ said Chollop, smoking placidly. ‘Europian quite!’
After a short devotion to the interests of the magic circle, he resumed the conversation by observing:
‘You won’t half feel yourself at home in Eden, now?’
‘No,’ said Mark, ‘I don’t.’
‘You miss the imposts of your country. You miss the house dues?’ observed Chollop.
‘And the houses—rather,’ said Mark.
‘No window dues here, sir,’ observed Chollop.
‘And no windows to put ‘em on,’ said Mark.
‘No stakes, no dungeons, no blocks, no racks, no scaffolds, no thumbscrews, no pikes, no pillories,’ said Chollop.
‘Nothing but rewolwers and bowie-knives,’ returned Mark. ‘And what are they? Not worth mentioning!’