XVI + 

If my wife will but venture himвБ†вАФbrother Toby, Trismegistus shall be dressвАЩd and brought down to us, whilst you and I are getting our breakfasts together.вБ†вЄї + 

вЄЇвБ†Go, tell Susannah, Obadiah, to step here. + 

She is run upstairs, answered Obadiah, this very instant, sobbing and crying, and wringing her hands as if her heart would break. + 

We shall have a rare month of it, said my father, turning his head from Obadiah, and looking wistfully in my uncle TobyвАЩs face for some timeвБ†вАФwe shall have a devilish month of it, brother Toby, said my father, setting his arms akimbo, and shaking his head; fire, water, women, windвБ†вАФbrother Toby!вБ†вАФвАЩTis some misfortune, quoth my uncle Toby.вБ†вЄЇвБ†That it is, cried my fatherвБ†вАФto have so many jarring elements breaking loose, and riding triumph in every corner of a gentlemanвАЩs houseвБ†вАФLittle boots it to the peace of a family, brother Toby, that you and I possess ourselves, and sit here silent and unmovedвБ†вЄЇвБ†whilst such a storm is whistling over our heads.вБ†вЄї + 

And whatвАЩs the matter, Susannah? They have called the child TristramвБ†вЄЇвБ†and my mistress is just got out of an hysterick fit about itвБ†вЄЇвБ†NoвБ†вЄЇвАЩtis not my fault, said SusannahвБ†вАФI told him it was Tristram-gistus. + 

вЄЇвБ†Make tea for yourself, brother Toby, said my father, taking down his hatвБ†вЄЇвБ†but how different from the sallies and agitations of voice and members which a common reader would imagine! + 

вАФFor he spake in the sweetest modulationвБ†вАФand took down his hat with the genteelest movement of limbs, that ever affliction harmonized and attuned together. + 

вЄЇвБ†Go to the bowling-green for corporal Trim, said my uncle Toby, speaking to Obadiah, as soon as my father left the room. + 