Each time Ada lost her cool and made poor Caddoc feel a fool, his mind played rather nasty tricks. He never quite knew how to fix whatever grouse had led her mind to be vindictive. Could he find a way to lessen the effect of feeling like a duff reject?
At last, he hit upon a plan to boost his confidence. A man could haply face domestic strife from a nagging, angry wife, if he painted, in his head, her face with garish colours! Instead of shivering sadly in his shoes, he found this ploy could let him choose how he’d dampen down her wrath - (like dousing chip pans with a cloth designed to blanket flames… )
So the red of Ada’s ire, like those flames in chip pan fire, he damped down to coolest blue – I like her better so – don’t you?
At last, he hit upon a plan to boost his confidence. A man could haply face domestic strife from a nagging, angry wife, if he painted, in his head, her face with garish colours! Instead of shivering sadly in his shoes, he found this ploy could let him choose how he’d dampen down her wrath - (like dousing chip pans with a cloth designed to blanket flames… )
So the red of Ada’s ire, like those flames in chip pan fire, he damped down to coolest blue – I like her better so – don’t you?
With thanks and acknowledgements to Tess and Sarolta Bàn, who feature in The Mag 107.
