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[Illustration: MR. SPONGE AS HE APPEARED IN THE BEST BEDROOM]
A second cigar assisted his comprehension considerably--just as a second
bottle of wine not only helps men through their difficulties, but shows
them the way to unbounded wealth. Many of the bright railway schemes of
former days, we make no doubt, were concocted under the inspiring influence
of the bottle. Sponge now saw everything as he wished. All the errors of
his former days were apparent to him. He saw how indiscreet it was
confiding in Miss Trickery's cousin, the major; why the rich widow at
Chesterfield had _chasseed_ him; and how he was done out of the beautiful
Miss Rainbow, with her beautiful estate, with its lake, its heronry, and
its perpetual advowson. Other mishaps he also considered.
Having disposed of the past, he then turned his attention to the future.
Here were two beautiful girls apparently full of money, between whom there
wasn't the toss-up of a halfpenny for choice. Most exemplary parents, too,
who didn't seem to care a farthing about money.


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