Wife. You tell me marriage God appoint, have you God in your country?
W.A. Yes, child, God is in every nation.
Wife. No; great old Benamuckee God is in my country, not yours.
A. My dear, God is in heaven, which he made; he also made the earth, the sea and all that is therein.
Wife. Why you no tell me much long ago?
A. My dear I have been a wicked wretch, having a long time lived without the knowledge of God in the world.
Wife. What, not know great God in own nation? No do good ting? No say O to him? that's strange!
A. But, my dear, many live as if there was no God in heaven for all that.
Wife. Why God suffer them? why makee not live well?
A. It is our own faults, child.
Wife. But if he is much great, can makee kill, why no makee kill when no
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner
·
Daniel Defoe
