Deacon Snarl, in exhortation, would often allude to
the “place where prayer is `wonted' to be made.”

“Ah!” said Mrs. Partington to herself, “there 's
nothing like humility in a Christian. I 'm glad you
confess it. I don't know a place under the canister of
heaven where prayer is wanted more to be made than
here, and I hope you 'll be forgiven for the rancorous
butter you sold me yesterday.”

She was a simple-minded woman, was Mrs. P., and
was apt to get the world mixed up with her devotion;
believing, somehow, that Christian duty prescribed
worldly justice. She had n't been long a member.

p677-262

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