- "What do you know about it?" Dr. Slop asks her. This is important, because if the child is a boy there could be severe consequences if the hip is mistaken for the head—there's a possibility that the forceps ******************.
- Mr. Shandy thinks that if such a terrible thing happens the doctor might as well take off the child's head. Father of the year award, right here.
- Tristram assumes that the reader couldn't possibly understand all this, but he assures us that Dr. Slop does. Taking up his green bag, Dr. Slop heads upstairs.