XIII + 

вЄЇвБ†Bless my soul!вБ†вАФmy poor mistress is ready to faintвБ†вЄЇвБ†and her pains are goneвБ†вАФand the drops are doneвБ†вАФand the bottle of julap is brokeвБ†вЄЇвБ†and the nurse has cut her armвБ†вАФ(and I, my thumb, cried Dr.¬†Slop,) and the child is where it was, continued Susannah,вБ†вАФand the midwife has fallen backwards upon the edge of the fender, and bruised her hip as black as your hat.вБ†вАФIвАЩll look at it, quoth Dr.¬†Slop.вБ†вАФThere is no need of that, replied Susannah,вБ†вАФyou had better look at my mistressвБ†вАФbut the midwife would gladly first give you an account how things are, so desires you would go upstairs and speak to her this moment. + 

Human nature is the same in all professions. + 

The midwife had just before been put over Dr.¬†SlopвАЩs headвБ†вАФHe had not digested it,вБ†вАФNo, replied Dr.¬†Slop, вАЩtwould be full as proper, if the midwife came down to me.вБ†вАФI like subordination, quoth my uncle Toby,вБ†вАФand but for it, after the reduction of Lisle, I know not what might have become of the garrison of Ghent, in the mutiny for bread, in the year Ten.вБ†вАФNor, replied Dr.¬†Slop, (parodying my uncle TobyвАЩs hobbyhorsical reflection; though full as hobbyhorsical himself)вБ†вЄїdo I know, Captain Shandy, what might have become of the garrison above stairs, in the mutiny and confusion I find all things are in at present, but for the subordination of fingers and thumbs to ******вБ†вЄїthe application of which, Sir, under this accident of mine, comes in so apropos, that without it, the cut upon my thumb might have been felt by the Shandy family, as long as the Shandy family had a name. + 