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Updated: June 17, 2025
What man dare, I dare; he who dares more, is no man, added Watchorn, giving his fat thigh a hearty slap. 'Well done, old Talliho! exclaimed Miss Glitters. 'We'll have you on the stage next. 'What will you wet your whistle with after your fine speech? asked Lady Scattercash. 'Take a tumbler of chumpine, if there is any, replied Watchorn, looking about for a long-necked bottle.
'P.S. I hope you all got safe home the other night from Mr. Peastraw's. Having put this into a richly gilt and embossed envelope, our friend directed it conspicuously to Sir Harry Scattercash, Bart., and stuck it in the centre of the mantelpiece.
In this laudable endeavour he was ably assisted by Lady Scattercash, late the lovely and elegant Miss Spangles, of the 'Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells. Sir Harry had married her before his windfall made him a baronet, having, at the time, some intention of trying his luck on the stage, but he always declared that he never regretted his choice; on the contrary, he said, if he had gone among the 'duchesses, he could not have suited himself better.
They all fell ravenously upon the provisions. Gobble, gobble, gobble was the order of the day. 'Well, and how often have you been flogged this half? asked Lady Scattercash of George Cheek, as she gave him a cup of coffee. Her ladyship hadn't much liking for youths of his age, and would just as soon vex them as not.
The first person who spied his note to Sir Harry Scattercash was Captain Seedeybuck, who, going into the drawing-room, the day after Mr. Sponge's visit, to look for the top of his cigar-case, saw it occupying the centre of the mantelpiece. Having mastered its contents, the Captain refolded and placed it where he found it, with the simple observation to himself of 'That cock won't fight.
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