 It was a treat if he asked at Sunday lunch what the text of the sermon was.First, a bit of rustle on the part of the Aunts, to remember and quote correctly.- Grandfather would take up the narrative, and finish that part of the scripture, or even lead up to it and end the verses, as though the Book were open in front of him – He must have been past 65 when I was at boarding-school, and spending some holidays at Cowansville.