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"Fine," answered Miles, tacking sprays above the long window.

"Yes, but you don't realize how fine it is," said the other, impatiently. "Come here and have a taste of this air."

"I'm not hungry," was the reply. Nevertheless, he stepped down and crossed to the door.

"Look at the sunlight on those fields!" said Hunter, enthusiastically. "And look at that sky!"

"All right," answered Miles. "Very nice sunlight, very satisfactory sky. It seems to be blue to-day; quite a surprise, isn't it? I don't blame you for being startled, old chap; blue skies aren't so common around this part of the world that"

"Look up the road there, too," interrupted the other. "See the way the light falls between those cedars."