Europe in Sanctuary (Location)

Twice in the novel Horace tells himself that "when this is over, I'll go to Europe" (134, see also 260). He isn't more specific, and in fact the novel makes it clear that in the end he goes back to Belle. But his evocation of Europe as a place to escape to is an interesting twist on the way so many other inhabitants of Yoknapatawpha see 'Texas' as a place of refuge.