PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT ii 



second and third when it rose, automatically as it 

 seemed, and at the third it would appear like a'crest 

 above her head. 



I was told, if I remember rightly, that he had been 

 vicar above a quarter of a century, and had always 

 preached just in that way, and that the old lady had 

 attended the church for many years with her ear 

 trumpet, till long practice had made her so perfect 

 in its use in following the sermon through all the 

 preacher's bobbings up and down, she could almost 

 do it with her eyes shut and never miss a word. 



