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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Book 5, Chapter 10

By Laurence Sterne

Book 5, Chapter 10

Trim continues, but his speech isn't the same. Now it's full of battle words and much less affecting. Susannah and another servant, Jonathan, interrupt frequently.
They start talking about Toby, who mourned a whole month for Lieutenant Le Fever—whose story Trim is about to tell.