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 That makes a great difference—said my mother

—In a fool's head, replied my father

Unless she should happen to have a child—said my mother

But she must persuade my brother Toby first to get her one—

To be sure, Mr. Shandy, quoth my mother.

Though if it comes to persuasion—said my father—Lord have mercy upon them.

Amen: said my mother, piano.

Amen: cried my father, fortissimè.