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вЄЇвБ†And pray, good woman, after all, will you take upon you to say, it may not be the childвАЩs hip, as well as the childвАЩs head?вБ†вЄївАЩTis most certainly the head, replied the midwife. Because, continued Dr.¬†Slop (turning to my father) as positive as these old ladies generally areвБ†вАФвАЩtis a point very difficult to knowвБ†вАФand yet of the greatest consequence to be known;вБ†вЄЇвБ†because, Sir, if the hip is mistaken for the headвБ†вАФthere is a possibility (if it is a boy) that the forceps *¬†*¬†*¬†*¬†*¬†* + 

вЄЇвБ†What the possibility was, Dr.¬†Slop whispered very low to my father, and then to my uncle Toby.вБ†вЄЇвБ†There is no such danger, continued he, with the head.вБ†вАФNo, in truth, quoth my fatherвБ†вАФbut when your possibility has taken place at the hipвБ†вАФyou may as well take off the head too. + 

вЄЇвБ†It is morally impossible the reader should understand thisвБ†вЄЇвАЩtis enough Dr.¬†Slop understood it;вБ†вЄЇвБ†so taking the green bays bag in his hand, with the help of ObadiahвАЩs pumps, he trippвАЩd pretty nimbly, for a man of his size, across the room to the doorвБ†вЄїand from the door was shown the way, by the good old midwife, to my motherвАЩs apartments. + 