When _Trim_ came in and told my father, that Dr. _Slop_ was in the kitchen, and busy in making a bridge--my uncle _Toby_----the affair of the jack-boots having just then raised a train of military ideas in his brain----took it instantly for granted that Dr. _Slop_ was making a model of the marquis _d'Hpital's_ bridge. ----'Tis very obliging in him, quoth my uncle _Toby_; --pray give my humble service to Dr. _Slop_, _Trim_, and tell him I thank him heartily.

When Trim came in and told my father that Dr. Slop was in the kitchen, busy making a bridge, my uncle Toby took it instantly for granted that Dr. Slop was making a model of the marquis d'Hpital's bridge.
''Tis very obliging in him,' quoth he; 'pray tell him I thank him heartily.'
