"Down will come Baby, cradle and all"

                     We must begin at The End.   The final words of Browning's {Play} are these :  "If we've promised then aught, let us keep our promise !"  

          I don't know who the fuk `is-gonna` put a baby in a cradle then place it in a tree to BEGIN with, but it was done .   Here now the ADULT abandonment of ALL "Sense and Sensibility" .... ~~~ the Baby at the mercy of GROTESQUE parental malfeasance .   Perhaps the SAME can be argued for the Children of Hamelin, whose Adult Supervision was the exact OPPOSITE of >> Super<< .   What began as Dutiful OBLIGATION === The Effort by the Mayor to address the towns'folk Plight ,  Ended with HIS TRUMPIAN DISDAIN---> to Pay the Piper for his Performance .  

          Nothing is CLEARER than Browning's Final Sentence, =  If you OWE, you PAY .   But CLEARLY this Message, intended for Children about to enter Slumberland, is NOT for THEM, they made no bargain with the Piper, but for the Adults whose parental Obligation is for the Safety and Welfare of their offspring.   Here,   Browning MAY have intended his Rebuke for ADULTS including the Readers of his Play .   

          Problems and concerns are now registered as VIOLATIONS of  MAYORAL Duty AS WELL AS Parental Disability .