Mayhap, brother, replied my uncle _Toby_, my sister does it to save the expense: --A pudding's end, --replied my father, ----the Doctor must be paid the same for inaction as action, ----if not better, --to keep him in temper.

'Mayhap, brother,' replied my uncle Toby, 'she does it to save the expense.'
'A pudding's end!' replied my father; 'the Doctor must be paid the same for inaction as action, - if not more, to keep him happy.'
