At this meal they arranged their daily habits. The Major was to take the responsibility of ordering everything to eat and drink; and they were to have late breakfast together every morning, and a late dinner together every day. They occupied, no doubt, a suite of the private rooms referred to above, for there is no reference to the large dining-room, nor would it have suited the personal and special requirements of the two men and the friends they brought there. It will be remembered that, whilst these two friends were taking a constitutional, they encountered the Major's acquaintances, Mrs. Skewton and her daughter Edith, and Dombey was formally introduced. On taking their departure from the fair enchantress, the Major volunteered the fact that he was "staying at the Royal Hotel with his friend Dombey," and invited the ladies to join them "one evening when you are good," as he put it to Mrs. Skewton. Having met once or twice in the pump-room and elsewhere, and the men having called upon the ladies, the latter were invited to breakfast at the Royal Hotel, prior to a drive to Kenilworth and Warwick. In the meantime, Carker had arrived to transact some business with his master, and in the evening the three men dined together. At a fitting moment the wine was consecrated "to a divinity whom Joe is proud to know, and at a distance humbly and reverently to admire. Edith," went on the Major, "is her name; angelic Edith!" "Angelic Edith," cried the smiling Carker, "Edith, by all means," said Mr. Dombey. And thus, in a private dining-room of the Royal Hotel was pledged the toast of Dombey's future wife--the second Mrs. Dombey. The breakfast was punctually prepared next morning, and Dombey, Bagstock and Carker excitedly awaited the ladies' arrival. A pleasant time ensued and ultimately all set out on the little trip which proved so momentous a one for Mr. Dombey. For had he not made an appointment with Edith for the next day, "for a purpose," as he told Mrs. Skewton? At any rate, the three men returned to the Royal Hotel in good spirits, the Major being in such high glee that he cried out, "Damme, sir, old Joe has a mind to propose an alteration in the name of the hotel, and that it should be called the Three Jolly Bachelors in honour of ourselves and Carker." After keeping his appointment with Edith, and having been accepted, Mr. Dombey and the Major left Leamington, and the Royal Hotel has no further place in the story.