"We're not quite ready yet," he cooed, if one can coo while grinding one's teeth.

'Is it no harm to have a constant hallooing and hooting under one's very nose, distracting one from business, and making one grind one's teeth with vexation?

The playwright has no solution to this quandary beyond the prescription that gives his play its title - a bedtime litany that will allow one to fall asleep without grinding one's teeth.