yes, it was exceedingly lucky for them. it may not have been so good a thing for him. his wife was always glad to have things settled for her, and when he said, "we will do this," she answered, "yes, dear." when he said, "we will not do that," she murmured, "no, dear." and when he said, "what shall we do?" she would reply, "oh, i don't know. what do you think we might better do?" he did not very often ask her opinion, and there were people in the forest who said he would never have talked matters over with her if he had not known that she would leave the decision to him.