The effect was somehow daunting.

One thought of the Arctic winter and the savage storms that swept the wilds.
"I've heard it called hard," she said.

"It undoubtedly needs hard men; there is nothing here that can be easily won.

That's a fact that the people you're sending over ought to recognize." "They soon discover it when they get out.

When they've had a crop hailed or frozen, the thing becomes obvious." "Did you lose one ?" "I did," George rejoined rather gloomily.