There was, of course, a lot of red tape, excessive charges in exchange, and all that.

Anyhow, about eight hundred thousand arrived." "What brought him to America?
Why didn't he go to England?
That would have been the safest haven." "I can explain that.

He intends to become an American citizen.

Some time ago he became the owner of a fine cattle ranch in Montana." "Well, I'll be tinker-dammed, too!" exploded Cutty.
"A young man with these ideas in his head ought eventually to become a first-rate citizen.

What do you say ?" "I am considerably relieved.