“In the first place, the Governor might not allow it. And in the second place, my dear man, you simply can’t leave Olivia in a land where—— Well. A savage land.”
“What do you know of the land?”
“I don’t know anything of the land.”
“What makes you think it to be savage?”
“It’s common talk. The sailors.”
“What do the sailors say about it?”
“They say it’s ‘the hell of a place.’ ‘The last place God made, and He forgot to finish it.’ ”
“What do they know of Virginia?”
“They’ve been there.”
“Yes. But what do sailors know of any country?”