"For I am constantly being taken in these nets," said Mr. Skimpole, looking beamingly at us over a glass of wine-and-water, "and am constantly being bailed out--like a boat. Or paid off--like a ship's company. Somebody always does it for me. I can't do it, you know, for I never have any money. But somebody does it. I get out by somebody's means; I am not like the starling; I get out. If you were to ask me who somebody is, upon my word I couldn't tell you. Let us drink to somebody. God bless him!"

"For I am constantly being taken in these nets," said Mr. Skimpole, beaming at us over a glass of wine-and-water, "and am constantly being bailed out - like a boat. Somebody always does it for me. I can't do it, you know, for I never have any money. But somebody does it. If you were to ask me who, upon my word I couldn't tell you. Let us drink to somebody. God bless him!"
