The double success of my father's repartees tickled off the pain of his shin at once--it was well it so fell out--(chance! again)--or the world to this day had never known the subject of my father's calculation----to guess it--there was no chance ----What a lucky chapter of chances has this turned out! for it has saved me the trouble of writing one express, and in truth I have enough already upon my hands without it. --Have not I promised the world a chapter of knots? two chapters upon the right and the wrong end of a woman? a chapter upon whiskers? a chapter upon wishes? ----a chapter of noses? --No, I have done that--a chapter upon my uncle _Toby's_ modesty? to say nothing of a chapter upon chapters, which I will finish before I sleep--by my great-grandfather's whiskers, I shall never get half of 'em through this year.

The success of my father's repartee tickled off the pain of his shin. It was well it happened (chance! again) - or the world would never have known the subject of my father's calculation - there was no chance of guessing it-
What a lucky chapter of chances has this turned out! for it has saved me the trouble of writing one especially, and in truth I have enough already upon my hands without it. Have I not promised the world a chapter of knots? two chapters upon the right and wrong end of a woman? a chapter upon whiskers? a chapter upon wishes? a chapter of noses? No, I have done that. A chapter upon my uncle Toby's modesty? to say nothing of a chapter upon chapters, which I will finish before I sleep. By my great-grandfather's whiskers, I shall never get through half of 'em this year.
