"I'm glad that the first person I met wasn't a cannibal. And I am happy to meet you. Tis hard to judge men's honesty here."

Not to mention honor and integrity. He wasn't sure yet how he would measure any of that while he was here. Who was he to judge anyone? That was no way to think. If he was going to manage here on his own, he'd have to learn who he could trust and who he couldn't. He would have to depend on his own judgement, such as it was.

"If you change your mind, put up a note." That sounded so final, but there wasn't any sign of the herds of nurses come to drag them off somewhere else. "Did you have a profession before you came here? I was... studying law."