I wanted to ask him to call but dared not -- Aunt Philippa had vowed he should never enter her house . `` If I was dead and he came to my funeral I 'd rise up and order him out , '' she said . `` I thought he made a very nice prayer at Mrs. Seaman 's funeral the other day , '' I said . `` Oh , I 've no doubt he can pray . I never heard anyone make more beautiful prayers than old Simon Kennedy down at the harbour , who was always drunk or hoping to be -- and the drunker he was the better he prayed . It ai n't no matter how well a man prays if his preaching is n't right . That Methodist man preaches a lot of things that ai n't true , and what 's worse they ai n't sound doctrine . At least , that 's what I 've heard . I never was in a Methodist church , thank goodness . '' `` Do n't you think Methodists go to heaven as well as Presbyterians , Aunt Philippa ? '' I asked gravely . `` That ai n't for us to decide , '' said Aunt Philippa solemnly . `` It 's in higher hands than ours . But I ai n't going to associate with them on earth , whatever I may have to do in heaven . The folks round here mostly do n't make much difference and go to the Methodist church quite often . But I say if you are a Presbyterian , be a Presbyterian . Of course , if you ai n't , it do n't matter much what you do . As for that minister man , he has a grand-uncle who was sent to the penitentiary for embezzlement . I found out that much . '' And evidently Aunt Philippa had taken an unholy joy in finding it out .
`` I dare say some XXXXX our own ancestors deserved to go to the penitentiary , even if they never did , '' I remarked .
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