Now this last article was somewhat apocryphal; and the Devil, who is the great disturber of our faiths in this world, had raised scruples in Mrs. _Wadman's_ brain about it; and like a true devil as he was, had done his own work at the same time, by turning my uncle _Toby's_ Virtue thereupon into nothing but _empty bottles_, _tripes_, _trunk-hose_, and _pantofles_.
Now this wound was somewhat apocryphal; and the Devil had raised scruples in Mrs. Wadman's brain about it; and like the true devil he was, had done his own work at the same time, by turning my uncle Toby's Virtue thereupon into nothing but empty bottles, tripes, trunk-hose, and slippers.