Upon this there are three separate comments: The Foolish Father's _"A profane trick"_; The Wise Aunt's "She thought no further than the surprise it would be to the person who should lift up the mantle and possibly"Oh, excellent Wise Aunt!"_possibly_, the roguery of getting the parson scratched." And, last, the foot-note, to avert parental criticism: "_Let it not be supposed that Miss B would suffer the Sacred Rite to begin_".
