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Hobanob off; 'you may
lock up, and tell the cook to have breakfast ready at nine precisely.'
'Oh, never mind about breakfast for me,' interposed Sponge, 'I'll have some
tea or coffee and chops, or boiled ham and eggs, or whatever's going, in my
bedroom,' said he; 'so never mind altering your hour for me.'
'Oh, but my dear fellow, we'll all breakfast together' (Jawleyford had no
notion of standing two breakfasts), 'we'll all breakfast together,' said
he; 'no trouble, I assure you--rather the contrary. Say half-past
eight--half-past eight. Spigot! to a minute, mind.'
And Sponge, seeing there was no help for it, bid the ladies good night, and
tumbled off to bed with little expectation of punctuality.
[Illustration: MR. SPONGE'S RAPID BREAKFAST]


CHAPTER XX
THE F.H.H.

Nor was Sponge wrong in his conjecture, for it was a quarter to nine ere
Spigot appeared with the massive silver urn, followed by the train-band
bold, bearing the heavy implements of breakfast. Then, though the young
ladies were punctual, smiling, and affable as usual, Mrs.


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