"But how do you know we have never been there?"
"I don't."
"You only think it."
"Yes, I only think it. You may have been there. I am quite sure,
however, that you have not."
"But why so sure, Cyrus? You have been there yourself."
"Yes."
"And what man has done man can do."
"Yes, sometimes, but not always, Billy. Only one man has eaten, for
instance, a certain huckleberry. And, as a rule, only one man marries
his own particular girl. You, for instance, have seen the top of
Trinity spire, but you have never been there."
"You may as well say I have seen the moon, but never been there."
Cyrus laughed, quite a hearty little laugh, as if thoroughly amused.
"Well I do say it. And it's true, isn't it?"
"Yes, but it has no relation to the argument."
"Why not? I am merely proving my statement, that you have seen
interesting places which you have never visited. Either Trinity spire
or the moon might hold this diamond."
"But Trinity spire does not fit your description of the country."