--And pray, said my uncle _Toby_, leaning upon _Yorick_, as he and my father were helping him leisurely down the stairs----don't be terrified, madam, this stair-case conversation is not so long as the last ----And pray, _Yorick_, said my uncle _Toby_, which way is this said affair of _Tristram_ at length settled by these learned men? 
'And pray,' said my uncle Toby, leaning upon Yorick, as he and my father were helping him down the stairs - don't be terrified, madam, this staircase conversation is not so long as the last - 'And pray, Yorick,' said my uncle, 'which way is this affair of Tristram at length settled by these learned men?'
