There were little bills, as the owners said of them, which had been forgotten, of course, on account of their insignificance, but which being so very little might now be paid, equally of course, without any trouble.

It is astonishing how easy it is to accumulate three or four hundred pounds' worth of little bills, when one lives before the world in a good house and in visible possession of a good income.
At the moment of Alaric's conviction, there was but a slender stock of money forthcoming for these little bills.

The necessary expense of his trial,--and it had been by no means trifling,--he had, of course, been obliged to pay.

His salary had been suspended, and all the money that he could lay his hands on had been given up towards making restitution towards the dreadful sum of L20,000 that had been his ruin.

The bills, however, did not come in till after his trial, and then there was but little left but the furniture.
As the new trustees employed on behalf of Madame Jaquetanape and Mr.Figgs were well aware that they had much more to expect from the generosity of Tudor's friends than from any legal seizure of his property, they did not interfere in the disposal of the chairs and tables.