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 thing I liked best in your house, so of course I took you! That’s all.”

For a moment the burgomaster rubbed his eyes in amazement. Then he laughed loud and heartily to think how Manka had outwitted him.

“Manka,” he said, “you’re too clever for me. Come on, my dear, let’s go home.”

So they climbed back into the wagon and drove home.

The burgomaster never again scolded his wife but thereafter whenever a very difficult case came up he always said:

“I think we had better consult my wife. You know she’s a very clever woman.”