In a casual way—
‘The fresh air would improve his complexion,’ he thought.
“Having walked up and down all the streets in the town,
He thought he’d go into the fields and sit down.
So he rested awhile
By the old wooden stile,
And then hurried on with a dignified frown.
“He knocked at the door of a Sty by the Mill,
Just to ask them about an old friend who was ill;
Then trotted along,