Order it as you please, Mr. _Shandy_, replied my mother.------
----But don't you think it right? added my father, pressing the point home to her.
Perfectly, said my mother, if it pleases you, Mr. _Shandy_.------
----There's for you! cried my father, losing temper ----Pleases me! ----You never will distinguish, Mrs. _Shandy_, nor shall I ever teach you to do it, betwixt a point of pleasure and a point of convenience. ----This was on the _Sunday_ night: ----and further this chapter sayeth not.
'Order it as you please, Mr. Shandy,' replied my mother.
'But don't you think it right?' pressed my father.
'Perfectly,' said my mother, 'if it pleases you, Mr. Shandy.'
'There's for you!' cried my father, losing his temper. 'Pleases me! You never will distinguish, Mrs. Shandy, nor shall I ever teach you to do it, betwixt a point of pleasure and a point of convenience.'
This was on the Sunday night: and further this chapter sayeth not.