Pray my Dear, quoth my mother, have you not forgot to wind up the clock? — Good G — ! cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to mode… - Laurence Sterne

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Pray my Dear, quoth my mother, have you not forgot to wind up the clock? — Good G — ! cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate his voice at the same time, — — Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question? Pray, what was your father saying? — — — — Nothing.