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 he was born;—They should have wiped it up, said my uncle Toby, and said no more about it.

the cataplasm was ready, a scruple of decorum had unseasonably rose up in Susannahs conscience, about holding the candle, whilst Slop tied it on; Slop had not treated Susannahs distemper with anodines,—and so a quarrel had ensued betwixt them.