That, corporal, said my uncle _Toby_, with all the triumph the goodness of his nature would permit ----That shews the difference in the character of the mistress and maid----had the fortune of war allotted the same mischance to me, Mrs. _Wadman_ would have enquired into every circumstance relating to it a hundred times ----She would have enquired, an' please your honour, ten times as often about your honour's groin ----The pain, _Trim_, is equally excruciating, ----and Compassion has as much to do with the one as the other----
----God bless your honour! cried the corporal----what has a woman's compassion to do with a wound upon the cap of a man's knee? had your honour's been shot into ten thousand splinters at the affair of _Landen_, Mrs. _Wadman_ would have troubled her head as little about it as _Bridget_; because, added the corporal, lowering his voice, and speaking very distinctly, as he assigned his reason----
"The knee is such a distance from the main body----whereas the groin, your honour knows, is upon the very _curtain_ of the _place_."
My uncle _Toby_ gave a long whistle----but in a note which could scarce be heard across the table.
The corporal had advanced too far to retire----in three words he told the rest----
My uncle _Toby_ laid down his pipe as gently upon the fender, as if it had been spun from the unravellings of a spider's web----
------Let us go to my brother _Shandy's_, said he.
'That, corporal,' said my uncle Toby, with all the triumph his goodness would permit, - 'That shows the difference in the character of the mistress and the maid. If I had the same wound, Mrs. Wadman would have enquired into every circumstance relating to it a hundred times.'
'She would have enquired, your honour, ten times as often about your honour's groin.'
'The pain, Trim, is equally excruciating, and Compassion cares as much about the one as the other-'
'God bless your honour!' cried the corporal. 'What has a woman's compassion to do with a wound upon a man's kneecap? had your honour's knee been shot into ten thousand splinters, Mrs. Wadman would have troubled her head as little about it as Bridget; because,' added the corporal, lowering his voice, and speaking very distinctly, as he gave his reason-
'The knee is a distance from the main body - whereas the groin, your honour knows, is upon the very curtin of the place.'
My uncle Toby gave a long, low whistle.
The corporal had advanced too far to retire - he told the rest.
My uncle Toby laid down his pipe as gently upon the fender as if it were a spider's web.
- 'Let us go to my brother Shandy's,' said he.