The trooper (if trooper he be or have been) takes her bonnet off, with a light touch for so strong a hand, and pats her on the head. "You give the house almost a wholesome look. It wants a bit of youth as much as it wants fresh air." Then he dismisses her, lights his pipe, and drinks to Mr. Smallweed's friend in the city--the one solitary flight of that esteemed old gentleman's imagination.

The trooper takes her bonnet off, with a light touch for so strong a hand, and pats her on the head. "You give the house almost a wholesome look." Then he dismisses her, lights his pipe, and drinks to Mr. Smallweed's friend in the city - the one solitary flight of that old gentleman's imagination.
