Through all these trials Rose persevered , using all her little arts to please him .<br>When he fretted , she was patient ; when he growled , she ploughed bravely through the hard pages not dry to her in one sense , for quiet tears dropped on them now and then ; and when Mac fell into a despairing mood , she comforted him with every hopeful word she dared to offer .
Mac is going through a phase where he is satisfied with life. 