Premise: The scheme he had devised before had been of no use , and now good counsel was scarce .<br>` Oh , no ' said the steward , ` there are good enough ways yet .<br>The squire can send him this evening to fish in Devilmoss Lake : he will never escape alive from there , for no one can go there by night for Old Eric . '<br>That was a grand idea , both the squire and his wife thought , and so he limped out again to Hans , and said that he would punish his men for having tried to make a fool of him .<br>Meanwhile , Hans could do a little job where he would be free from these rascals .
Hypothesis: The men succeeded in making a fool of him