And Twashtri said, “Very well,” and returned woman to man.
But after only three days had passed, man appeared once more before the Creator, to whom he said:
“Lord, I know not how it is, but, after all, I have come to the conclusion that she is more trouble than pleasure to me. Therefore I beg that you take her back again.”
Twashtri, however, replied:
“Out upon you! Be off! I will have no more of this. You must manage how you can.”
Then quoth man:
“But I cannot live with her!”
To which Twashtri answered:
“Neither could you live without her.” And he turned his back on man, and went on with his work.
Then said man: