'Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of a new-born babe,' said the shape of old goodman Brown. 'Ah, your worship knows the receipt,' cried the old lady, cackling aloud. 'So, as I was saying, being all ready for the meeting, and no horse to ride on, I made up my mind to foot it; for they tell me, there is a nice young man to be taken into communion to-night. But now your good worship will lend me your arm, and we shall be there in a twinkling.' The word 'receipt' in this context means 'a written acknowledgment of having received a specified amount of money or goods.'