My mother and my uncle _Toby_ expected my father would be the death of _Obadiah_--and that there never would be an end of the disaster. ----See here! you rascal, cried my father, pointing to the mule, what you have done! ----It was not me, said _Obadiah_. ----How do I know that? replied my father.

My mother and my uncle Toby expected my father would be the death of Obadiah - and that there would never be an end of it.
'See here! you rascal,' cried my father, pointing to the mule, 'what you have done!'
'It was not me,' said Obadiah.
'How do I know that?' replied my father.
