Which quarter is Greenland ?' 'Greenland is no quarter.

It is only a part of one.' 'Maybe it's a half quarter.' 'No, not so much as that.' 'Half again ?' 'No!' he replied, smiling a little.
She thought he was making it into a very small place in order to tease her; so she pouted a little, and then said,-- 'Greenland is all t' geography I want to know.

Except, perhaps, York.

I'd like to learn about York, because of t' races, and London, because King George lives there.' 'But if you learn geography at all, you must learn 'bout all places: which of them is hot, and which is cold, and how many inhabitants is in each, and what's the rivers, and which is the principal towns.' 'I'm sure, Sylvie, if Philip will learn thee all that, thou'lt be such a sight o' knowledge as ne'er a one o' th' Prestons has been sin' my great-grandfather lost his property.

I should be main proud o' thee; 'twould seem as if we was Prestons o' Slaideburn once more.' 'I'd do a deal to pleasure yo', mammy; but weary befa' riches and land, if folks that has 'em is to write "Abednegos" by t' score, and to get hard words int' their brains, till they work like barm, and end wi' cracking 'em.' This seemed to be Sylvia's last protest against learning for the night, for after this she turned docile, and really took pains to understand all that Philip could teach her, by means of the not unskilful, though rude, map which he drew for her with a piece of charred wood on his aunt's dresser.