“A few hundred miles from the Arctic circle.”

“Oh, I didn’t think it was that climate!”

“It never is till you arrive. You are always out in the cold there.”

“That sounds American.”

“Every man is a sinner one way or another.”

“You are very clever—cleverer than your father ever was.

“I hope so.”

“Why?”

“He went—there. I’ve come—from there.”

“And you think you will stay—never go back?”