My uncle _Toby_ saluted Mrs. _Wadman_, after the manner in which women were saluted by men in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and thirteen----then facing about, he march'd up abreast with her to the sopha, and in three plain words----though not before he was sat down----nor after he was sat down----but as he was sitting down, told her, "_he was in love_"----so that my uncle _Toby_ strained himself more in the declaration than he needed.

My uncle Toby saluted Mrs. Wadman in the manner of 1713 - then, turning around, he marched up abreast with her to the sofa, and in three plain words - though not before he was sat down - nor after he was sat down - but as he was sitting down, told her, 'he was in love.'
