It hurt, for it meant forty to fifty cents a clatter.
We felt quite enlivened when the short evening was over; but at the same time we were bankrupt.

Our week's spending money was gone.

We decided that that was the saloon for us, and we agreed to be more circumspect thereafter in our drink-buying.

Also, we had to economise for the rest of the week.

We didn't even have car-fare.