Prudence twinkled at them, and reached out to pat Melusine’s hand. “Troubles, my friend,” she exclaimed lightly. Part 7 As they came back from that day’s climb—it was up the Mittaghorn—they had to cross a shining space of wet, steep rocks between two grass slopes that needed a little care. Jolly nice girl, too. Cathy's eyebrows perked up. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. Secretly she was gratified to be assigned to the rôle of an old traveller. Melusine felt the calloused hand grasp around hers. There was a huge desk of heavily carved ebony at one end, and at the centre, a couple of straight-backed chairs stood before a great fireplace at the outer wall, flanked by two bookshelves with casement windows above. Wild allowed you to have your fine clothes again, or you might have been taken in a still more disgraceful garb.
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