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Mrs. G. What does all that mean? Why am I not to be told? Is it so
precious?

Capt. G. I forget its exact Government value just at present. It means
that it is a great deal too heavy.

Mrs. G. Then why do you touch it?

Capt. G. To make it lighter.
See here, little love, I've one notion
and Jack has another, but we are both agreed that all this equipment is
about thirty pounds too heavy. The thing is how to cut it down without
weakening any part of it, and, at the same time, allowing the trooper
to carry everything he wants for his own comfort--socks and shirts and
things of that kind.

Mrs. G. Why doesn't he pack them in a little trunk?

Capt. G. (Kissing her. ) Oh, you darling! Pack them in a little trunk,
indeed! Hussars don't carry trunks, and it's a most important thing to
make the horse do all the carrying.

Mrs. G. But why need you bother about it? You're not a trooper.

Capt.