 Toby, and made worth inclosing, then
they began to secure it by walls and ditches, which was the origin of
fortification. -- True, true; dear Toby, cried my father, striking out the bull,
and putting the ox in his place.
    My father gave Trim a nod, to snuff the candle, and resumed his discourse.
    -- I enter upon this speculation, said my father carelessly, and half
shutting the book, as he went on, - merely to shew the foundation of the natural
relation between a father and his child; the right and jurisdiction over whom he
acquires these several ways -
    1st, by marriage.
    2d, by adoption.
    3d, by legitimation.
    And 4th, by procreation; all which I consider in their order.
    I lay a slight stress upon one of them; replied Yorick -- the act,
especially where it ends there, in my opinion lays as little obligation upon the
child, as it conveys power to the father. - You are wrong, - said my father
argutely, and for this plain reason * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *. - I own, added my father, that
the offspring, upon this account, is not so under the power and jurisdiction of
the mother. - But the reason, replied Yorick, equally holds good for her. -- She
is under authority herself, said my father: - and besides, continued my father,
nodding his head and laying his finger upon the side of his nose, as he assigned
his reason, - she is not the principal agent, Yorick. - In what? quoth my uncle
Toby, stopping his pipe. - Though by all means, added my father (not attending
to my uncle Toby) »The son ought to pay her respect,« as you may read, Yorick,
at large in the first book of the Institutes of Justinian, at the eleventh title
and the tenth section. - I can read it as well, replied Yorick, in the
Catechism.
 

                                  Chap. XXXII.

Trim can repeat every word of it by heart, quoth my uncle Toby. - Pugh! said my
father, not caring to be interrupted with Trim's saying his Catechism. He can
upon my honour, replied my uncle Toby. - Ask him, Mr. Yorick, any question you
please. --
    - The fifth Commandment, Trim
