These household cares involve much pattening and counter-pattening in the backyard and considerable use of a pail, which is finally so happy as to assist in the ablutions of Mrs. Bagnet herself. That old girl reappearing by and by, quite fresh, and sitting down to her needlework, then and only then--the greens being only then to be considered as entirely off her mind--Mr. Bagnet requests the trooper to state his case.

When Mrs. Bagnet reappears from the backyard and sits down to her needlework, then and only then - the greens being entirely off her mind - Mr. Bagnet requests the trooper to state his case.
