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said my uncle Toby , slipping his right hand down to the middle of his cane, and holding it afterwards truncheon-wise with his forefinger extended,⁠⸺’tis no part of the consideration of a commandant, what the enemy dare,⁠—or what they dare not do; he must act with prudence. We will begin with the outworks both towards the sea and the land, and particularly with fort Louis , the most distant of them all, and demolish it first,⁠—and the rest, one by one, both on our right and left, as we retreat towards the town;⁠⸺⁠then we’ll demolish the mole,⁠—next fill up