And the father of Bung gave answer, that was old and wise in the craft,

"If they cast suspicion upon thee, it is nought but a random shaft;

If others could know what thou knowest, they would do what thou hast done,

And men would drink of their brewing, and—what would become of my

son?

"So long as thy beer is best, so long shall thy brewing win

The praise no money can buy, and the money that praise brings in.

And if the majority's pleased, the majority does not mind

The how, and the what, and the whence. Rejoice that the public is blind."

And Bung took his father's counsel, and fell to his brewing of beer,