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Amen , O Lord , Amen ! '' After which the good woman knelt down to pray , and as she prayed she wept , for she knew that she was very ill . But what she prayed that night was heard only in heaven . And so a few days passed on as before , and the house was gloomy with the discontent of its master ; but at last one evening the wind changed , the sky became heavy with clouds , and before midnight there was rain all over the land ; and when the Master of the Harvest came in next morning , wet from his early walk by the cornfields , he said it was well it had come at last , and that , at last , the corn had sprung up . On which his wife looked at him with a smile , and said , `` How often things came right , about which one had been anxious and disturbed . '' To which her husband made no answer , but turned away and spoke of something else . Meantime , the corn seeds had been found ready and waiting when the hour came , and the young sprouts burst out at once ; and very soon all along the long ridges were to be seen rows of tender blades , tinting the whole field with a delicate green .