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King William , said my uncle Toby , addressing himself to Yorick , was so terribly provoked at count Solmes for disobeying his orders, that he would not suffer him to come into his presence for many months after.⁠⸺⁠I fear, answered Yorick , the squire will be as much provoked at the corporal, as the King at the count.⁠⸺⁠But ’twould be singularly hard in this case, continued he, if corporal Trim , who has behaved so diametrically opposite to count Solmes , should have the fate to be rewarded with the same disgrace:⁠⸺⁠too oft in this world, do things take that train.⁠⸺⁠I would spring a mine, cried my uncle Toby , rising up,⁠⸺⁠and blow up my fortifications, and my house with them, and we would perish under their ruins, ere I would stand by and see it.⁠⸺⁠ Trim directed a slight,⁠⸺⁠but a grateful bow towards his master,⁠⸺⁠and so the chapter ends.