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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Book 9, Chapter 6

By Laurence Sterne

Book 9, Chapter 6

When Tom got to the shop, a servant girl was fanning flies away. Toby and Trim argue for a few minutes about whether non-white people have souls. Toby shows his good character here: he says that, as no one stands up for women of color, they deserve protection even more.
Trim tries to finish his story, but he's can't get back in the right story-telling position.