He didn't have to explain; I caught on right away.

In fact, most male Jacks are under 14 inches tall. Most Jacks over 14 inches tend to be Jills.

At the ſame time (over and above) ſhee thought that, in ſtead of a boye, (which ſhe desired) ſhe was deliverd and brought to bed of one of theſe kiſtrell birds, called a wind-ſucker.

...so that when in later life there occurs an introversion (in the sense of Jung), it consists of a harking back to regressive, reminiscent, infantile material.