The business still was undecided.

In this dilemma the result

Was—that their pillows they’d consult.

’Tis best to take more time to con it,

Quoth Homespun—so we’ll sleep upon it:

Our choice requires the coolest head;

So rake the fire, and we’ll to bed.

Susan, the happiest wife on earth,

Set all to rights, and brush’d her hearth;

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And said, These embers burn so clear,