----What the possibility was, Dr. _Slop_ whispered very low to my father, and then to my uncle _Toby_. ----There is no such danger, continued he, with the head. --No, in truth, quoth my father--but when your possibility has taken place at the hip--you may as well take off the head too.

What the possibility was, Dr. Slop whispered very low to my father, and then to my uncle. 'There is no such danger,' continued he, 'with the head.'
'No, in truth,' quoth my father, 'but when your possibility has taken place at the hip - you may as well take off the head too.'
